Chamberlin School / Hurd School

Rural Schools of Kalamazoo County > Oshtemo Township

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Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1296.
Location: District #3 - Section 14, north side of M43 between 7th and 9th Streets.

Hurd School district was organized on 11 May 1839. As of 1934, it had occupied four buildings.

 

Teachers

1925-26 Lois M. Clark
1927-28 Lois M. Clark
1929-30 Lois M. Clark
1930-35 Grace Butler

 

 

 

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 27 November 2012.

Sources

Manuscripts

List of one-room schools still standing in Kalamazoo County in 1982

  • Hultmark, Sarah
  • Manuscript, Local History Collection, Kalamazoo Public Library

Articles

"First Hurd School; Cost $43, old records reveal"

  • Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 May 1934

Maps and atlases

USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Kalamazoo Quadrangle)

  • History Room map case, left drawer #1

Files

Teachers' and school officers' directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1925-1935 (title varies)

  • Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)