Brick/Harsha School
Schoolcraft Township
Location: District #2 – Section 2, northeast corner of U Avenue and Portage Road. Built in 1852.
This school was later known as Harsha School and was closed after the 1943-44 school year.
Teachers
1921-22 Closed
1925-26 Closed
1927-28 Closed (Miss Vera Castner)
1929-30 Mrs. Jeanette Streeter
1930-33 Mrs. Marian H. Fulton
1933-34 Fern Lambeck
1934-35 Mrs. Janette Streeter
1935-41 Mrs. Florence Stoltz
1941-42 Mrs. Eleanor Burdick
1942-44 Mrs. Blanch Harsha
1944-47 Closed
1947-48 No longer listed in county school directories.
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 24 May 2022.
Sources
Articles
“Schoolcraft District 2 School, Built in 1852, Oldest in County”
Kalamazoo Gazette, 6 November 1927, p.8, col. 2.
Maps and atlases
USGS Topographic Maps for Kalamazoo County, 1922/1950 (Schoolcraft Quadrangle)
- History Room topographic map case, drawer 5B, folder 37
- Brick School has been misidentified as Gourdneck Prairie School on this map.
Files
Teachers’ and School Officers’ Directory, Kalamazoo County, Michigan, 1921-22, 1925-1948 (title varies)
- Shelved in a pamphlet box with H 379.774 K149 (History Room Storage)