Coleman School
Oshtemo Township: District No. 9
Location: District #9 – Section 21, east side of 4th Street between L and KL Avenues.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1298.
Known as DeWaters School in 1884.
Closed at the end of the 1945-46 school year.
Teachers
1925-26 Grace Stevens
1927-28 Edith Cosgrove
1929-30 Candace Peterson
1930-31 Gaylen Cronk
1931-32 Elva Buntaine
1932-44 Georgia Shaw
1944-45 Willis Hunting
1945-46 Lois M. Krieger
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 26 October 2021.
Sources
Manuscripts
List of one-room schools still standing in Kalamazoo County in 1982
Sarah Hultmark
Manuscript, Local History Collection, Kalamazoo Public Library
Maps and Atlases
USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Kalamazoo Quadrangle)
History Room topographic map case, drawer 7A, folder 21A
Local History Room Files
Directory of teachers and school officers, Kalamazoo County, 1925-55
Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)