Center Ridge School, 1917

Title

Center Ridge School, 1917

Subject

one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Maroa (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)

Description

Center Ridge School, 1917.

Back row (left to right): Walter Luckenbill, Martha Haines, Buela Lantern, Rose Reed, Bernice Reed, Miss Harding (teacher), Rhea Reed, Irene Walters, Maxine Lyman, Otis Reed, Robert Lyman.

Middle row: Edwin Braden, ? ?, Helen Haines, Rhonetta Lyman, Helen Crossman.

Front row: ? ?, Russell Braden, Virginia Crossman, Clara Lukenbill, Mildred Lyman, Vernel Reed, ? ?, Marian Hastings, Rex Reed, ? Lantern.

Center Ridge School was located midway between Maroa and Warrensburg, three miles west of Emery. It was built in 1860 and closed in 1947, as part of the Maroa-Forsyth School District consolidation. The school building was sold for $900 in November 1947.

Source

Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (33).

Publisher

Macon County Historical Society

Date

1917

Contributor

Photo contributed by Helen Crossman Pease

Format

JPG

Identifier

2023-1014

Original Format

black and white photo

Files

Center Ridge school students, 1917.jpg

Citation

“Center Ridge School, 1917,” MF School Archives, accessed April 29, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/75.

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