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
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)