County Center School
Pavilion Township
Location: Fractional District #7 – Section 6, southeast corner of Sprinkle Road and N Avenue.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1264
The school appears to have closed after the 1954-55 school year.
Teachers
1921-22 Bertha Klann
1925-26 John Scharping
1927-30 W. Hartman Kakabaker
1930-31 Etoile F. Hoffman
1931-32 Mrs Jennie Welch
1932-33 Mrs. Marian Johnson
1933-34 Margaret Beckwith
1934-36 Mrs. Margaret Reddy
1936-38 Marian Downs
1938-40 Marian DeLing
1940-41 Carroll Abbey
1941-42 Mrs. Marian Wheeler
1942-44 Clyde Abbey
1944-45 Agnes Maat
1945-46 Clyde Abbey
1946-54 Mrs. Frances Riley
1954-55 Mrs. Mary DeForest
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern, January 2017. Last updated 22 March 2022.
Sources
Manuscripts
List of one-room schools still standing in Kalamazoo County in 1982
- Hultmark, Sarah.
- Manuscript, Local History Collection, Kalamazoo Public Library
Articles
“County Center School, after more than 60 years, continues as the scene of scholarly activity”
- Kalamazoo Gazette, 10 July 1949
Maps and atlases
USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1922/1950 (Schoolcraft Quadrangle)
- History Room topographic map case, drawer 5B, drawer37
Files
Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1955 (title varies)
- Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)