Brown School
Brady Township
Location: Fractional District #6 North – Section 14 of Brady Township, west side of 34th Street at the intersection of VW Avenue.
Although it is named as Brown School only on the 1947 Leonidas Quadrangle map, it appears as a school symbol for decades on land owned by the Brown Family.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Teachers
1921-22 Mrs. Arlie K. Thomas
1925-26 Florence C. Martens
1927-28 Mrs. Anna Worthington
1929-30 Mrs. Anna Worthington
1930-32 Donald Munn
1932-34 Marguerite Horsfall
1934-35 Mrs. Marguerite Fenwick
1935-36 Evelyn Coyne
1936-37 Beulah Crouch
1937-39 Mrs. Beulah Reece
1939-40 Ruth Brown
1940-41 Harold Hopkins
1941-44 Virginia A. Klein
1944-45 Mrs. Margaret Harriger
1945-46 Mrs. Zella Weinberg
1946-47 June Prolo
1947-48 no longer listed in county school directories
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Kalamazoo Public Library staff, 16 June 2022. Last updated 16 November 2022.
Sources
Maps and atlases
Atlas of Kalamazoo County, Michigan from Recent and Actual Surveys and Records
F. W. Beers & Co., New York. 1873
Library of Congress
Illustrated atlas of Kalamazoo County [Michigan] with early and present history of Kalamazoo County
Sauer, William C.
Wm. C. Sauer, Detroit. 1890
History Room atlas case, left shelf #1
USGS topographic maps for Kalamazoo County, 1947 (Leonidas Quadrangle)
History Room topographic map case, drawer 1B, folder 23
Files
Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1947 (title varies)
Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)