Liberty School

Oshtemo Township: Fractional District No. 4

Location: District No. 4 Fractional – Section 3, southeast corner of G Avenue and 7th Street.

It is not clear how many buildings stood at this location, but the one that was there in 1917 was destroyed in an early April fire. After the 1954-55 school year, Liberty School appears to have been absorbed into the Oshtemo Community School District. After that it continued to be listed in rural directories through 1960, but it is not clear whether classes were actually held there that long. The cross over the door (photo below) suggests that the building was being used as a church, which probably dates it to after 1960.

Teachers

1925-26 Arbutus Saddler
1927-28 Esther L. King
1929-32 Ruth Reynolds
1932-34 Belma Peters
1934-39 Eldoreen Barnes
1939-41 Molly Smith
1941-43 Ruth Reynolds
1943-45 Veronica Kailing
1945-47 Eva L. Burns
1947-54 Cora L. Flora
1954-55 Marianne Graybiel

Liberty Street School class 1904

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 2 November 2021.