Kitzmiller School / Oak Grove School

Alamo Township

Location: (District #6) – section 23, west side of Ravine Road near Owen Drive

Details

District organized about 1876. Built that year on land donated by John Kitzmiller, and known for many years as Kitzmiller School. Burned in the spring of 1935, but rebuilt by fall. In the 1890 atlas, it appears slightly farther south on Ravine, so there may actually have been three buildings. This district consolidated with Tamarack and Twin Lakes Districts in 1955. Probably last used for classes in 1960.

Teachers

1898-99: Edith Snover
1902 Charles H. Boughton
1908 Dana F. Sleeman
1925-26: Mildred Hutchins
1927-28: Ruth Rhodes
1929-30: Emma Garrison
1930-32: Emma Garrison Kisinger
1932-35: Marie Haffenden
1935-38: Ruth Reynolds – also taught at Hackley, Tamarack, Twin Lakes Schools.
1938-39: Muriel Cronkhite – also taught at Hackley School.
1939-40: Violet Smith – also taught at Twin Lakes School.
1940-41: Bertha Webster
1941-43: Roselda Brewer
1943-44: Jean Cross
1944-45: Lois Krieger
1945-46: Jeannette M. Fron – also taught at Hackley School.
1946-47: Helen Stickel
1947-48: Florence A. Warnement
1948-49: Muriel Cronkhite
1949-50: no teacher listed, but not listed as closed
1950-51: unknown
1951-53: Mary Egan
1953-55: Mary Egan Mott

Certificate of Perfect Attendance for Everett Holland, 1902
Oak Grove School class 1908

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 14 October 2021.