Former Prairie Center School, 2019
Title
Former Prairie Center School, 2019
Subject
one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Forsyth (Ill.)
Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)
Macon County (Ill.)
Description
The former Prairie Center schoolhouse. This school building was purchased in 1947 and remodeled into a private residence.
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.
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.
Publisher
Google Maps
Date
2019
Relation
Hickory Point Township Schools [binder]. Local history collection. Forsyth Public Library, Forsyth, Illinois.
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (246).
Format
JPG
Original Format
TIFF image
Physical Dimensions
1408 x 1254
Files
Collection
Citation
“Former Prairie Center School, 2019,” MF School Archives, accessed May 18, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/72.
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