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Local History

Fanckboner School

Prairie Ronde Township

Location: District #4 – Section 14, southwest corner of VW Avenue and 10th 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-1272

 

School appears to have closed after the 1936-37 school year.

Teachers

1921-22 Mrs. Nella H. Nesbitt
1925-26 Irene Laylon
1927-28 Francis Kent
1929-30 Mrs. Hazel Schug
1930-31 Doris Weaver
1931-32 Myrtle DeLong
1932-33 Myrtle Iva DeLong
1933-35 Mrs. Helen Wiles
1935-36 Mrs. Joybelle Hocutt
1936-37 Marjorie Weddon

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 12 May 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, 1925-1937 (title varies)

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

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