Prairie Center School, 8th Grade Graduates, undated photo

Title

Prairie Center School, 8th Grade Graduates, undated photo

Subject

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

Description

Prairie Center School 8th Grade Graduates.

Left to right: Dean Butt, Irma Good, Lloyd Mullins, Gladys Bond (Williams)-teacher.

Prairie Center School was located in Section 20, Hickory Point Township about 1 mile north and .5 mile east of Bearsdale. The school was built sometime around 1876 and was remodeled in 1915/16 to include a basement, furnace, cloakrooms, and a small library area.

During school consolidations in the late 1940s, Prairie Center School district was annexed into the Warrensburg-Latham district. Prairie Center School closed in 1947 and the building was sold and is a private residence in 2022.

Source

Rural schools of Macon County. (1978). (F. S. White, Ed.). Macon County Historical Society (246).

Publisher

Macon County Historical Society

Format

JPG

Identifier

2023-1147

Original Format

black and white photo

Files

Prairie Center School, 8th Grade Graduates, n.d.jpg

Citation

“Prairie Center School, 8th Grade Graduates, undated photo,” MF School Archives, accessed May 18, 2024, https://mftest.omeka.net/items/show/94.

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