Prairie Center School, undated photo
Title
Prairie Center School, undated photo
Subject
one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Forsyth (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)
Description
Prairie Center School, undated photograph.
Front row (left to right): Earl Butt, Clarence Crutcher, Jack Troutman, Clark Butt, Orville Gulick, Bruce Troutman, Percy Dodd.
Second row: Danville Weaver, Carl Dunmire, Maurice Ehrhart, Bessie Weikle Cooper, Ina Weaver Camp, Alma Weaver Roady, Ruth Ehrhart Franzee, Virginia Weaver Haynes, Doroty Weaver Bushert, Estel Dodd Smith, Ora Dunmire.
Back row: Harold Ehrhart, Mae Dunmire, Martha Troutman Cole, Blanch Dodd March, Esther Ehrhart Ernst, Helen Crutcher Grimes, Opal Bear, Gladys Knight Perkins, Marjorie Ehrhart Frazee, Mr. Cook-teacher.
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.
Front row (left to right): Earl Butt, Clarence Crutcher, Jack Troutman, Clark Butt, Orville Gulick, Bruce Troutman, Percy Dodd.
Second row: Danville Weaver, Carl Dunmire, Maurice Ehrhart, Bessie Weikle Cooper, Ina Weaver Camp, Alma Weaver Roady, Ruth Ehrhart Franzee, Virginia Weaver Haynes, Doroty Weaver Bushert, Estel Dodd Smith, Ora Dunmire.
Back row: Harold Ehrhart, Mae Dunmire, Martha Troutman Cole, Blanch Dodd March, Esther Ehrhart Ernst, Helen Crutcher Grimes, Opal Bear, Gladys Knight Perkins, Marjorie Ehrhart Frazee, Mr. Cook-teacher.
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.
Publisher
Published in Prairie Post, January 12, 1961.
Date
undated photo
Contributor
photo courtesy of Opal Bear
Relation
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (246).
Format
JPG
Identifier
2023-1148
Original Format
black and white photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“Prairie Center School, undated photo,” MF School Archives, accessed May 18, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/71.
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