Leggett School
Wakeshma Township
Location: District #9 – Section 33, southwest corner of Y Avenue and 42nd Street.
Kalamazoo County 1890, Published by Wm. C. Sauer. Local History Room
Photo by Sarah Hultmark, c. 1981, History Room Photo File P-1285
Teachers
1921-22 Ruth Shutt
1925-26 Bernice Gould
1927-28 Florence Martens
1929-30 Mrs. Irene Wetters
1930-31 Mrs. Mildred Chichester
1931-34 Thelma Faleon
1934-36 Lowell Snyder
1936-38 Henry D. Voss
1938-40 Mrs. Blanche Lusk
1940-41 Mrs. Edith Snow
1941-43 Mrs. Blanche Lusk
1943-45 Mrs. Mariam Burke
1945-46 Mrs. Francis Smink
1946-47 Glenn Jager
1947-48 no longer listed in directories
Compiled by Catherine Larson, Local History Specialist, Kalamazoo Public Library, 1999. Mapped October 2008. List of teachers compiled by Lisa Frazier, KPL Intern, February 2017. Last updated 21 June 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, 1918 (Leonidas Quadrangle)
- History Room topographic map case, drawer 1B, folder 23
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)