American School students, 1894
Title
American School students, 1894
Subject
one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Maroa (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
Description
American School students, 1894.
Back row (left to right): Orville Barnett, Harry Jones, John Farran, Ollie Barger, Jane Knott (teacher), Silvia Query, Sam Thomas, Hugh Weilepp.
Front row: Oscar Query, Robert Thomas, Fred Thomas, Elsie Crownover, Edna Creamer, Monnie Long, Leatha Brill, Ina Gardner, Ralph Long, Herbert Jones.
The American School, built in 1874, was located three miles east of Maroa. The school was consolidated into the Maroa-Forsyth School District in 1948 and closed after the 1950-1951 school year. In 1952, the schoolhouse was sold and moved a quarter of a mile to be used as a farm toolshed.
Back row (left to right): Orville Barnett, Harry Jones, John Farran, Ollie Barger, Jane Knott (teacher), Silvia Query, Sam Thomas, Hugh Weilepp.
Front row: Oscar Query, Robert Thomas, Fred Thomas, Elsie Crownover, Edna Creamer, Monnie Long, Leatha Brill, Ina Gardner, Ralph Long, Herbert Jones.
The American School, built in 1874, was located three miles east of Maroa. The school was consolidated into the Maroa-Forsyth School District in 1948 and closed after the 1950-1951 school year. In 1952, the schoolhouse was sold and moved a quarter of a mile to be used as a farm toolshed.
Source
Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (33).
Publisher
Prairie Post, 1975 August 14.
Macon County Historical Society
Macon County Historical Society
Date
1894
Contributor
Photo contributed by Otto Margenthaler.
Format
JPG
Identifier
2023-1003
Original Format
black and white photo
Files
Collection
Citation
“American School students, 1894,” MF School Archives, accessed May 2, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/76.
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