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Local History

Smith School

Pavilion Township

Location: District #2 – Section 7, northeast corner of P Avenue and 25th Street.

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

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Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1305

Teachers
1921-22 Frieda N. Smith
1925-26 Carl Cousins
1927-28 Frieda N. Smith
1929-30 Bernice Brockie
1930-33 Melvin Vorenkamp
1933-34 Florence Brady
1934-35 Lyleine Hyames
1935-37 Mildred Hutchins
1937-39 Mrs. Blanch Gregory
1939-42 Mrs. Dale Nidy
1942-44 Mrs. Elva M. Sliss
1944-46 Mrs. Frances Riley
1946-49 Mrs. Nina Coppock
1949-50 no longer listed in county directories

Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 6 April 2022.

Sources

Manuscripts

List of one-room schools still standing in Kalamazoo County in 1982

  • Hultmark, Sarah.
  • Manuscript, Local History Collection, Kalamazoo Public Library

Maps and atlases

USGS topographic map for Kalamazoo County, 1922/1950 (Schoolcraft Quadrangle)

  • History Room topographic map case, drawer 5B, folder#37

Files

Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1950 (title varies)

  • Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)

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