Upper Ridge School, 1953
Title
Upper Ridge School, 1953
Subject
one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Macon County (Ill.)
Maroa (Ill.)
Description
Upper Ridge School, 1952-53 school year.
Seated (left to right): ? ? , Beth Ann Leimbach, Burrill Duggans, Bradley Lienhart, William R. Leimbach, Jimmy Truelove, Cynthia Sue Heinz.
Standing: David M. Uhrich, Carol Lynn Woodruff, Mary Ruth Manks, Michael Woodruff, Robert Truelove, Patsy Ann Truelove.
Teacher: Dessie Bodamer
Upper Ridge School was located 2.5 miles west of Maroa and named for the high ridge of land where it sat in the west/northwest part of the Maroa township. The original school was built c. 1850. A newer building was constructed on the same land in 1917.
Upper Ridge School was consolidated into the Maroa-Forsyth school district in the 1948 consolidations and remained open through the 1953-54 school year. The school building and land were auctioned off in 1959.
Seated (left to right): ? ? , Beth Ann Leimbach, Burrill Duggans, Bradley Lienhart, William R. Leimbach, Jimmy Truelove, Cynthia Sue Heinz.
Standing: David M. Uhrich, Carol Lynn Woodruff, Mary Ruth Manks, Michael Woodruff, Robert Truelove, Patsy Ann Truelove.
Teacher: Dessie Bodamer
Upper Ridge School was located 2.5 miles west of Maroa and named for the high ridge of land where it sat in the west/northwest part of the Maroa township. The original school was built c. 1850. A newer building was constructed on the same land in 1917.
Upper Ridge School was consolidated into the Maroa-Forsyth school district in the 1948 consolidations and remained open through the 1953-54 school year. The school building and land were auctioned off in 1959.
Source
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (278).
Publisher
Macon County Historical Society
Date
1953 September 8
Contributor
Picture contributed by Dessie Bodamer, teacher.
Format
JPG
Identifier
2023-1308
Original Format
black and white photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“Upper Ridge School, 1953,” MF School Archives, accessed May 4, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/73.
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