Gardner’s Corners School
Wakeshma Township
Location: District #1. South side of East V Avenue, east of South 42nd Street. Shows at Gardner’s Corners on 1910 atlas, and in section 15, just east of Gardner’s Corners on the 1918 map.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Teachers
1869-71 Orvin M. Gates winter terms only
1921-22 Vera Parker
1925-26 Miriam Pearson
1927-31 Edna Heminger
1931-34 Mrs. Dale Nidy
1934-35 School closed
1935-37 Edna Heminger
1937-38 School closed
1938-40 Edna Heminger
1940-45 Miriam Pearson
1945-47 Mrs. Ruth G. Harman
1947-48 No longer listed in county school directories. Appears to have been absorbed into the Vicksburg Community Rural Agricultural School.
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. Last updated 21 June 2022.
Sources
Books
Compendium of History and Biography of Kalamazoo County, Michigan
- Chicago: A. W. Bowen & Co., Publishers, 1906, pp.503-504
- H 977.417 F53
Maps and atlases
Standard Atlas of Kalamazoo County, Michigan
- Geo. A. Ogle & Co., 1910
- 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
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)