THE MICHIGAN ONE ROOM SCHOOLHOUSE ASSOCIATION

Beechwood

Holland

Ottawa

1911

School use

Stone

Grand Haven

Ottawa

13

Laubach

Wright

Ottawa

Bell #1f

Jamestown

Ottawa

1851-1868

3390 8th Ave

12

Log/W

Teacher: Sarah Bates in Spring 1851, Martha Spaulding in Winter 1851-1852. Now a private residence

Little Red Schoolhouse #1

Allendale

Ottawa

23

Ottawa Station #1

Olive

Ottawa

Aussicker

Park

Ottawa

Quincy Rd, E of 168th Ave, S/10

10

Walcott

Wright

Ottawa

Little

Wright

Ottawa

30

First school in Chester

Ottawa

25

Maple Grove #3

Jamestown

Ottawa

20

West Grove #7f

Jamestown

Ottawa

20

Maplewood #5

Robinson

Ottawa

23

Sheldon Woods - NOR

Port Sheldon

Ottawa

East Crisp

Olive

Ottawa

1906-

25 Port Sheldon Rd & 112 Ave

Storage

Crozier

Jamestown

Ottawa

By-1850's-

Between S7 & S8

7 & 8

Ovens

Olive

Ottawa

Eastmanville #1

Polkton

Ottawa

1845-1956

13777 68th Ave

Log/W

Eastmanville #1 was the oldest school in Polkton Township. The log building was built in 1842 and was 16 ft x 20 ft. This school was replaced in 1849 by a wooden-frame building and placed near Leonard St & the E side of 68th Ave. That building was later moved to 13777 68th Ave. As the population increased a 2nd addition was added. The school was closed in 1956 when all the rural one-room schools annexed with the Coopersville School District. Polkton 1845-1995 p. 74. Photo

Jeffers

Spring Lake

Ottawa

24

Robart

Port Sheldon

Ottawa

Reister #9

Chester

Ottawa

Centennial #8

Polkton

Ottawa

1845-1958

56th Ave & Taft Rd

W

Centennial #8 was built on 1/2 acre of land donated specifically for school purposes only. A school was built in 1907 and closed in 1958 when the rural school annexed with the Cooperville School system. This very pretty white wooden-frame school at 56th Ave & Taft Rd, unfortunately it burned-down in 1994. Polkton Township 1845-1995 p. 78. 2 photos Robinson Remembrances p. 65

Bender's

Jamestown

Ottawa

Used as a blacksmith shop

Drenthe (68) #3

Zeeland

Ottawa

Annexed to Zeeland

West Crisp

Olive

Ottawa

Midway

Spring Lake

Ottawa

4

River Bend

Tallmadge

Ottawa

Spoonville #2

Crockery

Ottawa

27

Marshall #5

Polkton

Ottawa

Berlin

Wright

Ottawa

Near Sand Creek

Little Red Schoolhouse

Spring Lake

Ottawa

Toothacre #11

Polkton

Ottawa

Blakeney

Allendale

Ottawa

Bu 1864-194438

Bliss & 44th Sts. Moved to 46th St, N end

W

Students attended Tuttle. Reopened in 1941-1944

Rankin #2

Polkton

Ottawa

26

Harrisburg #1

Chester

Ottawa

-1958

Originally at Truman & 36th Sts

Annexed by Ravenna in 1958. Present status unknown (2025)

Jamestown Center #2

Jamestown

Ottawa

15

Grout

Georgetown

Ottawa

1874

Carroll

Wright

Ottawa

24th Ave, N of Garfield St, S/27

27

Forest Grove #3f

Jamestown

Ottawa

1853-1865

Corner of Perry St & 32nd Ave

29

Log/W/W

First school of logs burned-down. 2nd school burned-down in 1882. Third school still standing

French

Crockery

Ottawa

State St, E of 128th Ave

Curry #4

Allendale

Ottawa

By- 1893

52nd Ave, N of Pierce St

W

Now a residence

Ventura

Park

Ottawa

Zeeland first school

Ottawa

Eagle

Blendon

Ottawa

Taylor St & 88th Ave

Now a residence

DeWitt #6

Spring Lake

Ottawa

1891-1954

17710 West Taft Rd, Spring Lake Rd just N of Grand Haven Rd, Spring Lake

25 or 24

W

Original district covered 4 sq miles with children of 1-8th grade walking to school. (Sometimes called the Little Red Schoolhouse) Now a Museum. Michigan State Historic Site in 1979. Traveling thru Time p. 373. Annexed to Ferrysburg in 1954. Maintained by the Dewitt Centennial Farm Society. By 1979 the school was back to it's 1891 original condition

Sherbourne (24) #4

Blendon

Ottawa

Shack Huddle

Georgetown

Ottawa

Boody

Wright

Ottawa

Taft St, E of 40th Ave

McNitt #3

Wright

Ottawa

West Robinson

Ottawa

Harlem

Olive

Ottawa

Barry St, W of 136th Ave, S/31

31

Delaney

Tallmadge

Ottawa

8th Ave, N of Lake Michigan Dr, S/24

24

Annexed to Grandville

Haire

Georgetown

Ottawa

1845-

Located on the N side of Fillmore Rd, W of Cottonwood Rd

Log

The first school burned-down and was rebuilt. The 2nd school also burned-down. The 3rd school is still standing on the site. Annexed to Grandville. Grange Hall since 1958 (Georgetown) Building has been torn-down

North Robinson #1

Ottawa

Chrysler

Ottawa

42nd Ave & Fillmore St

School has been torn-down

First school House

Ottawa

Bursley

Georgetown

Ottawa

Corner of Van Buren Rd & 12th Ave, Jenison

23

W

Original school was replaced and is at the corner of Van Buren and 12th Ave, Jenison

Rosy Mound

Grand Haven

Ottawa

about 1950-1962

14016 Lakeshore Ave, Grand Haven, MI 49417

B

Two-room brick school. Additions made and in use today (2025) Annexed to Grand Haven School about 1962

Indian Trails

Chester

Ottawa

McMann

Spring Lake

Ottawa

25

Indian Creek

Hudsonville

Ottawa

3585 56th St, Hudsonville

Contact: Mitch Berkenpas

Cooper

Crockery

Ottawa

Wilson St at 112th Ave

White #2

Allendale

Ottawa

Montello Park

Holland

Ottawa

Quinn Creek #3f

Bismarck

Presque Isle

Quinn Creek Rd, S/12

12

CD 53/54. Residence

Old Log/ Log Cabin

Presque Isle

Glawe

Ocqueoc

Presque Isle

circa 1880's-1960

40 Mile Point Lighthouse Park, 7323 US-23 Rogers City

5

Log

Museum. Moved in 1999 to 40 Mile Point Lighthouse Park, US-23 N of Rogers City. Moved and restored and is on the grounds of the 40 Mile Point Lighthouse. Originally built on Ocqueoc Rd. Currently a Historical Museum. Open weekends in the summer

Schoology

Presque Isle

Noffze #3

Belknap

Presque Isle

S/30

29

Paris #4

Case

Presque Isle

Ocqueoc Rd, S/9 S

16

Residence

Bismark #6

Bismarck

Presque Isle

Town Hall #3

Moltke

Presque Isle

M-68 Hwy

CD 53/54

Black Lake

Presque Isle

Posen

Posen

Presque Isle

13292 Pulaski Rd on W side of road

FA

Lots of their small buildings on side. Still standing and being maintained. Very similar to school on M-72 and Golden Rd in Kalkaska that is Banner Hill. Owned by the Green family in 2024. Information from Mosen report. There is a photo of students available

Grambau

Metz

Presque Isle

Gerald Rd in Rogers City

1

Camp #18

Case

Presque Isle

End of S. Thompson R, N side of the RR tracks

No longer exists. Internet

Pioneer #1

Pulawski

Presque Isle

30

CD 53/54

Davies/Pearson

Presque Isle

1884

Called Pearson School after 1887

Streesick #2

Metz

Presque Isle

S/18

18

CD 53/54

Rowe

North Allis

Presque Isle

29

Silver Creek

Ocqueoc

Presque Isle

S Rogers Rd, S/2

2

Vacant

Horn

Presque Isle

Godin (v)

Ocqueoc

Presque Isle

1884

18

W

This was the first school built in Ocqueoc Township in 1884. Michael Fitch first teacher. Now in disrepair. Abandoned

Woloszyk

Posen

Presque Isle

11

Schell

Presque Isle

Szymanski

Presque Isle

Cement

Case

Presque Isle

Ruth Wiggin's front yard?

26

Internet

Beaver Creek #1

Metz

Presque Isle

2

Union

Bearinger

Presque Isle

Bronikowski

Posen

Presque Isle

30

Heslip #1

Belknap

Presque Isle

S/11

11

Bismark #3

Bismarck

Presque Isle

368 Hwy, (Hawks Centennial Book)

12

Internet

Bismarck #6

Bismarck

Presque Isle

Rocky Valley #2

Krakow

Presque Isle

5

W

CD 53/54

1st Advent

Presque Isle

7

Valentine

Presque Isle

Roberts

North Allis

Presque Isle

N Allis Hwy, S/19 NE corner

19

Township Unit. Vacant

Kauffman

Presque Isle

Presque Isle

Grand Lake Rd, S/29 E

29

W

Township Unit. Business storage

Millersburg

Case

Presque Isle

Village is just 1 mile S of M-68 and 6 miles S of Ocqueoc Falls, the only waterfalls in the lower peninsula

In 1911 a big forest fire hit the Millersburg area. High walls of fire, fed by strong winds destroying the business section, the schoolhouse, two mills and 26 box cards. Today there is a small Elementary School, but the other children have been going to Onaway Schools since before 1950. Michigan Shadow Towns p. 138

Beech Grove #1

Moltke

Presque Isle

9