Flood School students with school building in background, c. 1931.

Title

Flood School students with school building in background, c. 1931.

Subject

one-room schoolhouses
Rural schools
Forsyth (Ill.)
Macon County (Ill.)
Hickory Point (Macon County, Ill. : Township)

Description

Flood School students with school building in background, c. 1931.

From left to right: Janet Sibthorp, Peggy Ann Rainey Rademacher, Elmer James, Audry Kincaid.

Flood School was located about 1.5 miles north of Forsyth on the west side of Rt 51. It was built in 1881 by Henry Flood and closed in 1942. The schoolhouse and property were sold in 1948.

Source

Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (142).

Publisher

Macon County Historical Society

Date

c. 1931

Format

JPG

Identifier

2023-1036

Original Format

black and white photo

Files

Flood School students with school building in background, c. 1931.jpg

Citation

“Flood School students with school building in background, c. 1931.,” MF School Archives, accessed May 5, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/82.

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