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Local History

Pavilion School?

Pavilion Township

Location: District #8 – Section 27, northwest corner of S Avenue and 32nd Street.

Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room

In the front of the 1935-36 county school directory, there is a typed list of county schools with their names and districts. It identifies this school as “Pavilion.”  Since that is the only source we know of that gives a name to the school in this district, we are unable to verify it. And since there are several known errors on this list, the naming of it is somewhat suspect. It shows as an unnamed school house symbol in the 1890 and 1928 atlases.

Teachers
1921-22 Mrs. Jessie Williams
1925-26 Bernice Clark
1927-28 closed
1929-30 closed
1930-34 Bernice Brockie
1934-35 Mary Cagney
1935-37 Katherine Bullock
1937-38 Mrs. Arbutus Cobine
1938-40 Winifred Klein
1940-41 Mrs. Winifred Nysson
1941-42 June Osborn
1942-43 Mrs. Pauline Loughridge
1943-47 closed
1947-48 no longer listed in county school directories

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Room staff, September 2012, with thanks to Jennifer Seeley for bringing this school to our attention. Last updated 5 July 2022.

Sources

Maps and atlases

Atlas of Kalamazoo Co., Michigan : from recent and actual surveys and records

  • (spine title is Combined Atlases of Kalamazoo, Michigan 1873 1890 )
  • Beers, F. W.
  • New York : F. W. Beers & Co., 1873
  • H 912.77417 K14
  • History Room atlas case, left shelf #1

USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1918 (Leonidas Quadrangle)

  • History Room topographic map case, drawer #1B, folder 23

Plat book of Kalamazoo County, Michigan

  • Wheaton, Glen C.
  • Rockford, IL : Thrift Press, Map Makers, 1928
  • H 912.77417 P716
  • History Room atlas case, left shelf #1

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)

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