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