Prairie Center School, 1895
Title
Prairie Center School, 1895
Subject
one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Forsyth (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)
Description
Prairie Center School, 1895.
Holding the slate is Hazel Campbell Mullins.
Three boys on knees (left to right): Sylvan Bear, Howard Butt Jr., Harry Butt.
Front row standing: Ella Bear Wikle, Edith Westhafer Doolen, Myrtle Weltmer, teacher, John J. Cross, Lessie Braden, Cecil Huston Lumbrick, Pearl Weaver Hockaday.
Back row: Charles Shrum, Bea Campbell Leh, Beulah Weikle Burcham, Etta Landis Cooper, Pearl Butt Friend, Florence Weltmer Harrington, Roy Weaver.
The Prairie Center School was located in Section 20 of Hickory Point Township 1 mile north of Bearsdale and 2.5 miles west of I-72 on the north side of Hickory Point Road. The school was built sometime prior to 1895.
A school remodel around 1915/16 added a basement, furnace, cooking area, new front area with boys’ and girls’ cloakrooms, and a small library room.
Although located just outside of Forsyth, Illinois, during the school consolidations in the late 1940s, this school was consolidated into the Warrensburg-Latham District. The school building was sold for $1950 in October 1947 and was turned into a private residence. The home is still standing in 2022.
Holding the slate is Hazel Campbell Mullins.
Three boys on knees (left to right): Sylvan Bear, Howard Butt Jr., Harry Butt.
Front row standing: Ella Bear Wikle, Edith Westhafer Doolen, Myrtle Weltmer, teacher, John J. Cross, Lessie Braden, Cecil Huston Lumbrick, Pearl Weaver Hockaday.
Back row: Charles Shrum, Bea Campbell Leh, Beulah Weikle Burcham, Etta Landis Cooper, Pearl Butt Friend, Florence Weltmer Harrington, Roy Weaver.
The Prairie Center School was located in Section 20 of Hickory Point Township 1 mile north of Bearsdale and 2.5 miles west of I-72 on the north side of Hickory Point Road. The school was built sometime prior to 1895.
A school remodel around 1915/16 added a basement, furnace, cooking area, new front area with boys’ and girls’ cloakrooms, and a small library room.
Although located just outside of Forsyth, Illinois, during the school consolidations in the late 1940s, this school was consolidated into the Warrensburg-Latham District. The school building was sold for $1950 in October 1947 and was turned into a private residence. The home is still standing in 2022.
Source
Hickory Point Township Schools [binder]. Local history collection. Forsyth Public Library, Forsyth, Illinois.
Date
1895
Contributor
photo courtesy of Wilma Brett Gepford and Hazel Mullins
Relation
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (246).
Format
JPG
Identifier
2023-1143
Original Format
black and white photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“Prairie Center School, 1895,” MF School Archives, accessed May 18, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/70.
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