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Local History

Alamo Township

Alamo Center School

Location: (District #1) – section 21, a little west of 6th Street on south side of D Avenue. Kalamazoo County 1890, Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room Alamo Center School,…

Alamo Valley Elementary School

Location: (District #6 Fractional) – 7528 Ravine Road, section 23, east side of Ravine Road between the two branches of Owen Drive Kalamazoo County 1890, Wm. C. Sauer. Local History…

Evergreen School / Ransom School

Location: (District #2) – section 10, southwest corner of B Avenue and Ravine Road. Kalamazoo County 1890, Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo…

Finch School

Location: (#1 Fractional District, with Cooper Twp) – section 1, northwest corner of  B Avenue &  12th Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room Details The first school…

Hackley School

Location: (District #3) – section 17, S.E. corner C Ave & 2nd St. Kalamazoo County 1890, Wm. C. Sauer. ocal History Room Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File…

Kitzmiller School / Oak Grove School

Location: (District #6) – section 23, west side of Ravine Road near Owen Drive Kalamazoo County 1890, Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room Details District organized about 1876. Built that year…

Tamarack School / Gerald School

Location: (District #5) – section 28, southwest corner of Owen Drive and 6th Street. (1861 map places the school on the south side of Owen Drive a half mile west of 6th…

Williams School

Location: (District #4) – section 20, northeast of the junction of DE Avenue and 2nd Street. Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room Williams School, undated. Photo courtesy…

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