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Local History

Lawler School

Charleston Township

Location: District #1 – Section 10, in what is now Fort Custer Military Reservation. Southwest corner of Territorial Road and Augusta Road.

Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room

Lawler School, Charleston Township. From As You Were: Fort Custer, by Faye Clark. Local History Room

Lawler School class photo, 1891
Lawler School class photo, Winter 1891. Kalamazoo Public Library photo, donated by George and Patty Livingston.

Teachers

1921-22 Mrs. Anna Smith
1925-26 Warren Brown
1927-28 Mrs. Hilda Garland
1929-30 Frances Briggs
1930-31 Dorothy Kolvoord
1931-36 Mrs. Lucile Greer
1936-37 Mrs. Frances Healy
1937-39 Hazel Thompson
1939-41 Marion Piedt
1941-42 no longer listed in directories

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 11November 2021.

Sources

Maps and Atlases

USGS topographic maps for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Galesburg Quadrangle)

  • History Room topographic map case, drawer 5A, folder 15.

Local History Room Files

Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1942 (title varies)

  • Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)

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