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School	Township	County	Year	Location	Use	BM	Notes
Hertzen	Iron River	Iron	1908-1931		6*	W	In 1925 a two-room school was built at Hertzen. (The one-room school was given to the Lutheran Church and they moved it to a different location) Closed about 1931 and students bussed into town. H.S. students went to Iron River H.S.
Bates High School Students	Bates	Iron	1955				All Bates H.S. students now go to Iron River or Stambaugh (Majority to Iron River) and students in Amasa to Crystal Falls H.S. Tuition for them is paid by Bates
Consolidated (don't know which ones)	Bates	Iron	March 1891				Two Bates Schools consolidated into one
Stromberg #3	Stamburgh	Iron	1891-	On Andrew Stomberg land in S/3	3	W	Gaastra classes were held in this 2nd school, until Pioneer School was built. Sold and moved to the corner of First and Oakwood Sts. Now a residence
Maple Park/Peterson	Stambaugh formed 1886)	Iron			33*
Hope	Crystal Falls	Iron		Near Cayia Mine	22*	W	No information found. Rural School Recollections
Harbour	Crystal Falls	Iron	by 1906-		Unknown		A subset of Central School, but considered to be a rural school. Listed as a Township School in 1906
Tobin/Monongahela	Crystal Falls	Iron	1890's-	Located by Old Tobin Mine	30*		Also known as Monongahela School. Some of the students may have gone to Shafer School. Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Amasa	Hematite	Iron	1921-1966	Amasa is just off US-144, 12 miles N of Crystal Falls			At one time Amasa had two schools. The High Schools last senior class had 16 students and graduated in 1966. Amasa's impressive three-story brick K-12 school was demolished in 1971. Everyone now goes to school in Crystal Falls. Michigan Shadow Towns p. 204
Jarvis/Holkup #5	Crystal Falls	Iron	1901	Located near what is now known as the Idlewild Strawberry Farm	35		Holkup/Jarvis. Three families of Jarvis attended here. Possibly called Brown School. Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Bates Mine School	Bates	Iron	1941				Last rural school closed in 1941 with K-10 at Rogers. Bates Mine sold for $500,000. It was torn-down and a new residence was built on that site
Monongahela/Tobin	Crystal Falls	Iron	1890's-	Near Old Tobin Mine	30*		See Tobin School
Helgemo #1	Bates	Iron	1888-1913	Log school on SE corner of Chicagoan Mine & Helgemo Rds	27	Log	Log building on a triangle piece of land purchased from Olaf Helgemo for $33.60. In 1888, elections were moved from the Helgemo home to the school. A special law for the UP in 1891 said a Township could have a single school district. In March of 1893 Helgemo and Otto consolidated into one district. The Chicagoan Mine School was built in 1913. Helgemo was abandoned. Original land with the school reverted or was sold to Peter Helgemo. Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Shafer (Sub-district #4f)	Crystal Falls	Iron	there in 1900	All of Township SW of Crystal Falls	31*		Contained Grades 1-4. In 1900 two-rooms were added for $585. District included all of the Township S & W of city. May have later split students with Tobin School. Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Spring Valley #1	Stambaugh	Iron	about 1889-	Corner of Kinney Rd near Gaastra City Hall	7*	Log
Pentoga	Mastodon	Iron	1913-		30*	W	The older one-room Pentoga School was on the Mastodon Township side of the Township line
Western	Crystal Falls	Iron	Jan 1907-	Near Runkle Lake	21	Stucco	Proposal was made to build near Runkle Lake, January 1907. Telephone installed December 1907. Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Rogers	Bates	Iron	Dec 1955				Elected to build a new Elementary School on Roger's site. 45 year old Rogers is now obsolete. New school will be called Bates Township School and will cost $250,000. Will serve grades K-8
Township Hall School #1	Bates	Iron	1902				Finished 8th grade at Rogers
Mansfield (first) #3	Mansfield	Iron	1891-1929	Below Hemlock Falls Dam in Mansfield location	18	W
Benson	Bates	Iron	1931				Benson and the Sunset Lake Schools closed. All 1st and 2nd grades were transported by bus to Bates Mine School with 3-10 going to Rogers. Kindergarten discontinued due to depression. School bought 10 acres near Paint river to be used for the school forest. This was in October 1940
Dunn Mine	Mastodon	Iron	1913-1922		Unsure*	TL	Wired for electricity in 1915. Offered for sale in 1930 and purchased for $100 (Probably to be a residence)
Sunset Lake School	Bates	Iron	closed 1931	E shore of Sunset Lake in S/9	9	Stucco	Sunset Lake was a Standard School. It was on 2/3 of an acre on the shore of Sunset Lake and the land was purchased for $25.00 so there could be a larger school built into which Otto and Gendzwill could merge. All 1st and 2nd grade children were transported by bus to the Bates Mine School and all grades 3 through 10 went to Rogers. It is possible Sunset Lake was torn-down and the wood used for a new residence
Bates Mine School	Bates	Iron	1917-1921	Property leased from Mining Company	19		Bates Mine built for $5,000,000. Winton School was then abandoned and sold at auction to Wilbur Winton. Old Benson sold to the same farmer for $75.00. Woodshed sold for $15.00. Outhouse for $3,000. Forsberg School sold to the same farmer for $150.00 and newer Helgemo School to Peter Helgemo for $350.00
West Brule	Stambaugh	Iron		Near S end of Township/County Line	15*
Ice Lake (2)	Iron River	Iron	1917-1939	(Book says Ice Lake (No #) in Bates) Located near the end of Ice Lake	30	W	Ice Lake was a two-room school. Jack Cozzuol purchased the Ice Lake School. Ice Lake and Rogers School had identical layouts. Presently converted into residences
Raymo/Raymond #4	Iron River	Iron	wood in 1913	New Raymo on N banks of Plant River at Gibbs City	29*	Log/W	Log school disbanded in 1906. Then annexed to Iron River and a wooden-frame school was built in 1913
Iron River #1	Iron River	Iron	1883-	Original log school on SW corner of Genesee & 4th Ave		Log/W	Originally a log cabin in Dec 1884. The Township School District #1 built a one-room, large frame school on Cayuga St. This school also became inadequate and wings were added. The first graduating class was in 1892. By 1900 there were 8 rural schools. In 1905 more schools were built in Iron River. The last Iron River H.S. is currently the West Iron County Middle School. (three-stories, multi classrooms) Original Stambaugh High School in 1904. Final Iron River H.S. opened in 1926 on Adams St, US-2
Smoky Lake	Stambaugh	Iron		Unknown	27*
Consolidation	Bates	Iron	Sept 1966				West Side consolidated and it is now Bates 4 & 5 at West Iron County, K-3 at Stambaugh Elementary, 6-7-8 at Stambaugh (former H.S.) about 9-1 at Iron River H.S.
Hemlock (Sub-district #8)	Crystal Falls	Iron	1907	Along the Hemlock River W of Amasa	7	W	One-room school K-8. Sub district. After Hemlock they went to Amasa High School. Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Pine/McEachran	Stambaugh	Iron	by 1902	M-189	143
Hasselstrom	Crystal Falls	Iron	by 1901		Unknown	W	School was still in operation in 1903. Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Great Western	Crystal Falls	Iron	1899-1906		21?	W	Lincoln Iron Mining donated $300 to build a two-room schoolhouse in 1899. It burned-down in 1906. Plans were made to replace it with a four-room school, but unsure if that happened. The Mine was open from 1882-1910
Otto	Bates Formed 1892	Iron	1889-	2nd school on Otto property built on the S side of Sunset Lake in 1889	17		In 1889, there were 25 students for the second school that was built. In 1893 two schools in Bates Township consolidated into one district (Otto and ?)
Buck Lake	Mastodon	Iron	by 1915-1933	SE corner of the junction of Rainbow Trail & Carney Dam Rds. About 3 miles SW of the Village of Alpha	26	W/B	Wooden-frame school, 3 miles SW of Alpha. School closed in 1933, but then was used as a community center. In 1936 it was sold to a Farm Co-Op for $50. Dances were held there. The concrete block school building was built after the wooden-frame school burned-down. (after the school was closed) Block school still standing
Franzene	Sambaugh	Iron	1902-1909	Just N of Wagner Lake Rd & St Paul RR	33*		The original Fanzene School was 100 ft from the St. Paul Railroad right-of-way. When the RR came through in 1909 the school had to be torn-down. The Peterson School was built in Stambaugh Township to replace it
Benson	Bates	Iron	1893-1931	Was located at the junction of S/14 Rd & Bates-Amasa Rd	14		In 1893 when the first school was opened it had 28 pupils of Swedish heritage, New Benson to be built in 1922
Mansfield Mine #1 (not 1st school)	Mansfield	Iron	Oct 7, 1916 bids let		25		Will be a one-story frame and concrete basement school building. 61st Annual Report in 1897 called it Old Mansfield. There was a mine disaster. Kids would roller skate in the basement
Balsam (Sub-District #12)	Crystal Falls	Iron	1911	On road to Amasa on Old-141. Near Rock Cut School where RR crossed	15	W	Authority to build was given in 1905. The Balsam School was built in 1911. Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Nett River	Hematite	Iron	1909-1909	On Chicago, Milwaukee, & Pacific RR line	23-24-25-26	W	The Foster-Porter Lumber Company planned to build a Village at their saw mill where the RR crossed the Nett River. In 1909 they built the one-room school. Two months later the mill burned-down and that was the end of those plans
Mastodon/Anderson	Mastodon	Iron	1913-1922		19/20/29/30		Not sure how many years this school was in session
The Stump School	Crystal Falls	Iron	1881-	Falls Location	20*		Rock Cut Crystal Falls Township Iron 36. A John Fish Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Maple Grove	Crystal Falls	Iron	by 1898-1910	Bound on the N by Paint River and W of Crystal Ave	20*	B	Appears to be a two-story multi-room school. 1st and 2nd grade in one-room and 3rd and 4th in another. Still a school in 1910
Edison	Stambaugh	Iron		Located where the Town Hall is	3*	W	Lincoln School in Iron River was constructed in 1916. This was the peak of Iron River's prosperity. Most highly developed neo-classical structure in Iron County. Presumed demolished
Elm	Stambaugh	Iron	there in 1924		6*	W	Teachers had a six week course before they started teaching at Elm School
Iron Lake/Andree #2	Iron River	Iron	1893-	1020 Lalley Rd, Iron River (last known location)	11	W/Stucco	In 1893, the Andree School was a one-room, wooden-frame school with a tall ceiling. A 2nd school, Iron Lake was built in 1917 of stone or stucco. A tragedy happened when two students were playing Cowboys and Indians at home on a Friday night and one boy shot his brother to death. The funeral was held at the school. Building was converted into a residence. MORSA
Michigamme Camp 5	Mastodon	Iron	by 1920's. -1939	Indian Lake School moved to the area as did Buck Lake School. All re-named Michigamme	2		Also called Camp 5. Two rural schools eventually moved here. Buck Lake & Indian Lake. Last teacher listed was in 1939
Central #1	Iron River	Iron	1883	SW corner of Genesee & 4th Sts		Log/W/B	The first winter of 1883-84, school was in a log building located at the SW corner of Genesee and 4th St, SW of the Central School. In 1884, Iron River Township School District #1 bought a site at the NE corner of Cayuga and N 3rd St that includes part of the present site. There the first Central School, a two-story, gable-roof, wooden-frame building. A two-story addition to the E side was added by 1889, then purchase of additional property to the E, extending over to N 2nd St. In 1893, an identical wing was built on the W side by 1898. In 1902, a separate Kindergarten building also stood at Cayuga and N 2nd. The original Central School housed the school system K-12 but space became an issue. In 1904-05 just to the NE of the wooden Central School a new brick school was designed by architects. The new building with 10 classrooms, assembly hall seating for 500, lab and recitation rooms, was to be completed by Nov 1904. The school was not completed and dedicated until April 1905. The old (wooden) school was subsequently divided into 3 sections and moved away. The original part became a grocery store and the two wings each became a house. In 1910 two wings and a boiler-room were added. In 1923 two annexes were added. Central served as Iron Rivers H.S. until 1928 when a new H.S. building opened. After that it served as a primary and secondary school, gaining students with the closing of outlying rural schools in the 1930s. The building was closed in the 1979-80 school year. 2008 National Register of Historic places
Peterson/Cloverland	Stambaugh	Iron	1902-1925	NW corner of Peterson homestead on Wagner Lake Rd, S/33	33	W	Originally named Peterson for their farm. Later after a contest it was re-named Cloverland. Stood empty until it was torn-down in the 1950's
Gendzwill #6	Bates	Iron	1897		7	W	Gendzwill was constructed by Ole Monson in 1897. That year teachers salaries for the 5 Bates Township Schools totaled $880. There were 31 students at Helgemo, 26 at Otto, 18 at Benson, 8 at Forsberg and 13 at Gendzwill
Mansfield first school but number #2	Mansfield	Iron	1911-1948 demolished in late 1950's			Log	The first school was a one-room log building erected in 1911 on one acre of purchased land. Prior to that students were transported to Mansfield School #1. A new one-room frame school was built in 1915-16 and was utilized until 1948 when all students were bussed to Crystal Falls. The log school was sold to a family and remodeled into a residence. Teacher's list goes from 1911-1948
Rogers	Bates	Iron	1914-1927	US-2 N of Rogers Mine	29	Stucco	Rogers was a beautiful stucco two-story building with multi classrooms. The top floor was built in 1915 for 9th and 10th grades. The 11th and 12th grade students had their choice to go to Iron River or Stambaugh. Rogers closed by 1927. Later a new Elementary School was built on the Rogers site. It served K -8th. In 1944 the Township donated $50.00 to the 10th grade class to erect a monument for all of the servicemen from the Rogers Schools who served in WWII. Rogers was converted into a residence
Basswood	Iron River	Iron			29*		Plans were made for Basswood School but years are unknown. Probably not open for long. 7th ans 8th grades sent to Hertzen
Rogers #7	Bates	Iron	1924				130 students at Rogers, 47 at Bates Mine, 19 at Sunset Lake School, 26 at Benson, 24 at Chicagoan Mine and 15 at Fairview. 13 teachers. Started school and bought a school bus. Chicagoan Mine School burned-down in 1927. Fairview at Ice Lake closed and those children transported to Rogers School. Fairview School on 1 acre of land sold for $500 after no one seemed interested in it. Converted into a residence
Halfway	Crystal Falls	Iron	by 1906-	Possibly located at Gilbert Lake along with a barn and big hotel			Earliest mention was in the 1906 minutes. In 1907, the first 8 grades were admitted. Teacher hired for Halfway & Paint River. Amie Nash: Salary $400. Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Central Village School	Crystal Falls	Iron	1881-present	Originally on corner of Brown & Iron Mountain St		B	In the first school, classes were held from 1881-1893. A 2nd one-room school was built in about 1882 on 5th St in Iron Mountain. In 1884, Central School was built at 300 W Brown St where the current H.S. building stands. This building had two-stories with eight-rooms and housed all grades K-12. In 1889 they had a graduating class of 3. Subsequent schools built in Iron Mountain before the Iron Mountain High School were Chapin in 1889, Ludington in 1891, Hulst in 1892, Lincoln in 1896, Farragut in 1899 and Washington in 1900. In 1937, the Central School was razed to make way for a new Iron Mountain Junior H.S. In 1994 five classrooms, a gym, cafeteria and locker rooms were added. It appears that Jr High is no longer used and the H.S. has student grades 5-12 and K-4 attend North Elementary School
Swan Lake Sub-district #6)	Crystal Falls	Iron	1880's-1940	Located on US-141 towards Amasa	35*	Stucco	Very possibly had two-rooms. K-3 and 4-8 each had their own room. Sometimes a school nurse would visit. Later became the Raincheck Inn. Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Forsberg	Bates	Iron	1896-1921	N of Sunset Lake, S/33	33	W	Built in 1896 on land purchased from Adolph Forsberg for $25, N of Sunset Lake. John Soderquist was the contractor. In 1921, the Forsberg School was sold to Axell Forsberg. Rural School Recollections, Iron County, Michigan
Beechwood/Gronlund and Track #4	Iron River	Iron	by 1893-1932	Located at Lasen (Lindahl) Lake	35/36*	Log/W	Track was a log schoolhouse. In 1894 there was enrollment of 28 students. Gronlund, later called Beechwood was constructed in a location a little further W and across the road in about 1914. This school was closed in 1933. The students were transported to Benson. Beechwood is still standing and is used as a polling place
Porter	Mastodon	Iron	1915-1971	Village is 5 miles S of US-2 & Crystal Falls on CR 424		B	Porter School had been the heart of the Village of Alpha since it was opened in 1915. The school has been vacant since 1971. The two-story brick K-10 school is quite large and once provided room for Sunday School church services, a doctor's office, library, and community events. In 1925 it enrolled 421 students, some from surrounding Townships. By 1964 enrollment had dropped to 174 students and in 1971 the school had to close. Today there are fewer than 30 children in the village and all go to the consolidated school in Crystal Falls. The Township uses the gymnasium for offices and meetings, but the rest of the building continues to deteriorate. It must be sold and restored or torn-down soon. Michigan Shadow Towns p. 202
Baumgartner/Edison #2	Stambaugh	Iron	1910		9	W	Served for many years as the Stambaugh Township Hall. Under one Roof p. 112
Nash #3	Iron River	Iron	1894-1940		20*	W	Nash had two-rooms but one was for storage. It sat on the top of a hill and was a little frame building. The well water was not fit to drink. Rural School Recollections
Native American	Union	Isabella	1863	Bamber Rd at Mission Creek Rd	No #	W	In 1863 about 100 Native American children attended these schools in Isabella Township, Jordan & Isabella, Jordan & Lincoln, Weidman & Isabella. Nottawa Township School burned-down in 1864. Union Township: Bamber Rd at Mission Creek
Mt Pleasant #1	Union	Isabella	1877-present	Mt. Pleasant	No #	B	Buildings consist of Mt Pleasant High School, West Intermediate, Oasis High School, Fancher, Ganiard, Kinney, McGuire, Pullen, Rosebush and Vowles Elementary Schools
Hyslop/Hillcrest #5	Nottawa	Isabella	before 1912-1940	Vandecar & Denver Rds	3	W	The Hillcrest/Hyslop School became known as the Hill Crest School in 1932
Hummel/Grant/Cook #2	Broomfield	Isabella	1909-1936	Cook's Corners, Weidman Rd, E side of Coldwater Rd	12	W/CS	Hummel School closed in 1936 when it was annexed to Weidman Agricultural School in Nottawa Township. Photos of the school and classes that attended are located at the Broomfield Township Hall. Was a cobblestone schoolhouse donated by the Cook family who still own the farmland surrounding the school. Schoolhouse is now a private residence
Home and Training School		Isabella	1893-late 1970's	Lincoln, River, & Bamber Rds			Designed for the mentally handicapped and mentally ill. Included 7 buildings. Originally it was the Central Michigan Community Hospital
Glass #2	Gilmore	Isabella	1890-1955	Stevenson Lake Rd near the intersection with Glass Rd	14	CB	The Glass School is not located on a corner as the schools usually were. It sits back from the road looking almost abandoned, but is apparently used for storage. Built in the Standard School style it is made of cement blocks. Still standing
Rhodes #1	Deerfield	Isabella	before 1933-1964	NE corner of Nottawa & Deerfield Rds, S/25	25	W	Rhodes School was open by 1933 as we have a school photo, but the exact date is not known. It was closed in 1964. There is a residence on the school site that used some of the original schoolhouse structure
Abbott/Walling #7	Coe	Isabella	1860-1961	Intersection of Wise & Walton Rds	2	Log/W	The Walking School was first called the Abbot School. Abbott had been built about 1860 (of logs?) The Walling School was in the same S/2 as the McFarren School and it was unusual to have two schools so close to each other. The Walling School was annexed to Shepherd in August 1961
Walton #3	Isabella	Isabella	-1953	NE corner of Whiteville & Rosebush Rds, S/8	8	W	Walton School was consolidated with Rosebush Public School in 1953. The schoolhouse was purchased and moved to a farm on Whiteville Rd in S/7 where it is used as a granary
Spaulding #1	Isabella	Isabella	-1944	1 mile S of Rosebush near Spring Creek Rd	14	W	Being close to Central Michigan, a survey was done of Spaulding School by L. L. Johnston. He found that 9 boys and 21 girls were enrolled in 1929. A number of students had foreign born parents. The children were sometimes kept out of school to assist their parents in working in the sugar beet fields
Demlow/Miller #6f	Fremont	Isabella	1890-1941	N side of Coe Rd between Gilmore & Littlefield Rds	29	CB	Demlow/Miller School was made of cement block. It was built by the 1890 designs of a Standard School. It had one matching outhouse and operated until 1941. Still standing
Elwood/Campbell #8	Coe	Isabella	1863-1961	Pleasant Valley & Littlefield or Wise Rds	14 or 20	W
Brubaker/White Lake #2	Coldwater	Isabella	-1937	Battle & Roll Rds	28	W	Originally called the Brubaker School. It was closed in 1937. This schoolhouse was sold to a man that in 1911 had been a student of the school and he turned it into a residence
Nottawa Fractions #1	Weidman	Isabella	1897-1939				Known as Nottawa/Sherman. Students (except grades K-2) transferred to Woodruff H.S. Later transported to Weidman H.S. Mid-Michigan History 2 p. 99. Illustrated
Board/Beard #3	Rolland	Isabella	1878-1939	SW corner of Brinton & Jerseyville Rds, S/27	27	W	The Board or Beard School was built in 1878 and closed in 1939. Consolidated with the Rolland Rural Agricultural School (eventually a part of the Montabella School District). Later, the schoolhouse was moved 1 mile W and used for storage. Now, completely encased by trees, the building is unused and nearly out of sight
Cohoon #6	Coe	Isabella	1880?-1961	SW corner of Shepherd & Coe Rds, S/32	32	W	The school system was annexed to the Shepherd School system in September, 1961
Eldred #9	Broomfield	Isabella	1904-1932	Sherman Rd & M-20, S/17	17	W	In 1904 Harry Eldred petitioned to form a new school district #9. In 1932, Eldred #9 was consolidated and the students transferred to Remus Consolidated School in Mecosta County
O'Connor/Vernon #6	Vernon	Isabella	before 1932-1952	NW corner of Whiteville & Stevenson Lake Rds	18	W	Originally known as the Vernon School, the O'Connor School was the new name after 1932. O'Connor closed in 1952. The schoolhouse is the core structure of a private residence on the original schoolhouse site. Annexation was mostly likely to Clare Schools
Russell #3	Broomfield	Isabella	1873-	1/4 mile E of Roll Rd on W Broomfield Rd	27	W	Russell was possibly moved to the NE corner of Rolland and Deerfield Rds. It remains standing as a residence
Taylor #1f	Chippewa	Isabella	1860-1950	Broomfield & Leaton Rds, S/29	29	W	Taylor School #1f was annexed to the Mt. Pleasant School System in 1950
Whiteville #5	Isabella	Isabella	before 1915-1942	Intersections of Lincoln & Jordan Rds, S/29	29	W	There is a photo of Whiteville School in 1915, so the school must have opened before that date. It closed in 1942, but the schoolhouse was converted into two residences. One is on the S side of the road on W M-20 just before the N branch of the Chippewa River in S/13. The other is the 3rd house on the S side of Broadway Ave from the W end of the street at Bradley St in Mount Pleasant
DeLong #4	Coldwater	Isabella	1899-1934	NE corner of Coleman & Wyman Rds, S/21	21	CS	DeLong School was closed in 1934. The students transferred to Fort Township School at Barryton in Mecosta County
McFarren #5	Coe	Isabella	1935-1961	Corner of Chippewa & Millbrook Rds, S/2	2	W	The first McFarren School burned-down in December 1935 and was replaced by a wooden-frame building the following year. It was in the same S/2 as the Walling School which was unusual to have two schools that close to each other. The McFarren School closed in 1961
Tinker/Forest Hill/Horr #2f	Sherman	Isabella	before 1925-1939	Sherman & Weidman Rds	25	W	The Tinker School became known as the Forest Hill School in 1932. In 1939 the school closed and was consolidated into the Sherman Township Rural Agricultural School. Later called the Weidman Community School. Ultimately merged into the Chippewa Hills School District
Beal City #2	Nottawa	Isabella	1889-1925	Intersection of Winn & Weidman Rds	1	W	The Town Hall or North School was 1 mile N of Beal City. The Town Hall School was built in 1889. The Town Hall was added to the school in 1891. In 1905, the St. Philomenas Parochial School had a fire so many of those students moved over to the Town Hall School. In 1925, Town Hall merged with the Theisen (Martin) School, District #2 and became a graded school district maintaining a High School. The old schoolhouse building is still the Nottawa Township Hall
Pony Creek / Voight #8	Broomfield	Isabella		Coldwater & Deerfield Rds	25	W	Pony Creek School (also known as the Voight School) was built on the site of the old Griffith School
Alembic #5	Chippewa	Isabella	1905-1940	6 1/2 miles E of Mt Pleasant on Remus Rd	22	W	Alembic is now a ghost town. By 1940 the school was closed and the students transferred to the Shepherd School System
Miller #2	Rolland	Isabella	-1925 or 1935?	NW corner of Sherman & Walton Rds	6	W	Located just S of the South Branch of the Pine River. The school closed in either 1925 or 1935
Wyant #3f	Fremont	Isabella	before 1916-1962	NE corner of Littlefield & Walton Rds, S/5	5	B	Unknown when Wyant School began, but it was before a photo dated in 1916. It operated until 1962 when it consolidated with Costabella School system
Kidd #2	Wise	Isabella	1877-1902	NE corner of S/17 on 40 acres of Thomas Kidd's land	17	Log	In 1902 Kidd #2 and Herrick #3 were consolidated into a new school which was called Herrick School District #2
Loomis #1	Wise	Isabella	-1956	In Village of Loomis on Loomis Rd	9		This schoolhouse can be seen on the Rail trail. The school closed in 1956
Doxie #7	Rolland	Isabella	-1939	NW corner of Roll & Pleasant Valley Rds, S/16	16	W	Consolidated with the Rolland Rural Agricultural School in 1939 (Montabella School district)
Broomfield Center #7	Broomfield	Isabella	1900-1938	SW corner of Roll Rd & M-20 near Broomfield Township Hall	28	W	Michigan State University Bloomfield Grange #1753 p. 79 Broomfield Center annexed to Remus Consolidated School system in Mecosta County in fall of 1938. A Remus teacher bought the schoolhouse and had it moved to Mount Pleasant in 1947 to the corner of Bradley & M-20 where it became a store
Dibble/Hauck #3	Nottawa	Isabella	before 1907-1940	1/2 mile E on corner of Vandecar & Weidman Rds	13	W/CS	Originally the Hauck/Dibble School was wooden-frame. In 1907 a new cobblestone school was built in S/13. The school is still there but looks very different. It is used for storage and school bus parking
Estee/Drake #1f	Coe	Isabella	1860-1958	Summerton Rd between Walton & Blanchard Rds	7	Log/W	Drake School #1 was a log school built in 1860 on Joel Drake's Farm in S/7. At some point the school name was changed to Estee and it was annexed to Shepherd School system in August, 1958
Woodin/Wooden/Drew #4	Sherman	Isabella	1860-1939	Old State Rd just below Drew Rd, S/27	27	W	In 1939, Forest Hill (Tinker) School closed and consolidated into the Sherman Township Rural Agricultural School. The Woodin School was moved and placed behind the big school building in Weidman and served as a classroom with a cafeteria downstairs, until the addition to the school was completed in 1950. Woodin School was then used as a band building until 1954. A fire, attributed to bad wiring caused the building to burn-down in January 1955
Walling #7	Coe	Isabella	1860-1961	Intersection of Wise & Walton Rds	2	Log/W	The Walling School was first called the Abbot School. Abbott had been built about 1860 (of logs?) The Walling School was in the same S/2 as the McFarren School and it was unusual to have two schools so close to each other. The Walling School was annexed to Shepherd in August 1961

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