School No. 8

Rural Schools of Kalamazoo County >  Portage Township

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Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1261
Location: Section 32, east side of Oakland Drive, north of Osterhout Road.
This was later moved from its original location and now stands in the Celery Flats Interpretive Center and Historical Area in Portage, and has been restored.

 

 

 

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 26 July 2012.

Sources

Manuscripts

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

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

Maps and atlases

USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1922/1950 (Schoolcraft Quadrangle)

  • History Room map case, left drawer #1