Jenkinson School
Brady Township
Location: District #2 – Section 17, north side of the junction of W Avenue and 27th Street.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1289
The date on the capstone in this photo is 1874. The building was still standing as of 2012.
Teachers
1921-22 No school
1925-26 Mrs. Melvia Johnson
1927-28 Ovid Martin and Mrs. Bertha Eddy
1929-31 Mildred Goertler
1931-32 Wilma Vander Veer
1932-34 Beatrice Prichard
1934-36 Mrs. Dale Nidy
1936-37 June Prolo, Mrs. Maybelle Eames, and Miriam F. Pearson
1937-38 Mrs. Bernice Bissell, Mrs. Maybelle Eames, and Miriam Pearson
1938-39 Mrs. Edith Snow, Mrs. Maybelle Eames, and Miriam Pearson
1939-40 Mrs. Edith Snow, Mrs. Mabelle (sic) Eames, and Miriam F. Pearson
1940-41 Mrs. Bessie Osterhout and Mrs. Mabelle Eames
1941-42 Mrs. Susie Osterhout
1942-43 Mrs. Dale Nidy
1943-44 Mrs. Frances Smink
1944-45 Mrs. Helen Bradley
1945-47 Mrs. Adrian French
1947-48 no longer listed in directory
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern, February 2017. Last updated 14 June 2022.
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
Map of Kalamazoo County, Michigan
Geil & Harley, Philadelphia. 1861
History Room atlas case, left shelf #2
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, 1918 (Leonidas Quadrangle)
History Room topographic map case, drawer 1B, folder 23
Files
Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1948 (title varies)
Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)