Schau School
Cooper Township
Location: (District #4, East Cooper) – Section 24, east side of Riverview Drive between D and E Avenues.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Probably built in the late 1880s or early 1900s on land donated by Jacob Schau. Closed in 1939. It was sold in the early 1940s and burned down during remodeling.
Teachers
1925-26 Fanny Albertson
1927-28 Mabelle Bradford
1929-32 Jessie Allen
1932-35 Eva W. Hayse
1935-37 Marie Haffenden
1937-39 Lloyd H. Taylor
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 21 October 2021.
Sources
Manuscripts
List of one-room schools still standing in Kalamazoo County in 1982
- Hultmark, Sarah.
- Manuscript, Local History Collection, Kalamazoo Public Library
Articles
“Long time coming: pre-WWII Schau School class to hold reunion”
- Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 August 1997, page F7, column 1
Maps and atlases
USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Kalamazoo Quadrangle)
- History Room topographic map case, drawer 7A, folder 21A
Files
Teachers’ and school officers’ directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan 1925-50
- Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)