NOTICE: The Eastwood Branch will be closed on April 29th & 30th for maintenance needs. 

Notice of Public Meeting: Kalamazoo Public Library Board of Trustees | April 22nd| 5 pm | Central Library/Van Deusen Room. The packet of information for the meeting can be found on the library’s website. 

See the latest updates about Alma Powell Branch.

Local History

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

schools-howard-598
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.

Share: Facebook Twitter