Howard School
Climax Township
Location: District #8 – 7964 S. 45th Street, Section 14, northwest corner of junction of Q Avenue and 45th Street.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1300
Teachers
1921-22 Mrs. Blossom Scramlin
1925-26 Mrs. Ethel Day Roe
1927-28 Dane Swan Dunlop
1929-30 Walter Gorsline
1930-32 Lawrence V. Chapman
1932-34 Marjorie Pierce [later Wilkins]
1934-35 Vivian Longman [later Braden]
1935-41 Charles A. Betz [Aaron]
1941-45 Mrs. Clara P. Adams
1945-46 Mrs. Evelyn Michaelson
May 1946 School closed. The pupils were absorbed into Climax Township School. The building has subsequently been used as a private home.
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern. Last updated 4 May 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
USGS topographic map 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, 1925-1947 (title varies)
Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)
Books
Homes of Yesterday; Climax-Scotts Area-Volume III
Prairie Historical Society, 1992
H 720.9774 P898, pp.22-27.