Richland Co., Ohio

 
 

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Adario (School No. 5) - Butler Twp.

  • Section 19
  • Olivesburg-Fitchville Rd., RFD #2, Greenwich [source:  Richland County Farm and Business Directory, 1950-51-52]
  • Opened 15 September 1924 with eleven pupils (three sophomores and eight freshmen) using the Township Hall in Adario, as a two-year high school.  [source:  Rich. Co. Annual, 1925]
  • School Bldg., 1925
  • Students
  • Teacher (1923):  M.K. Wells  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]
  • Teachers (1952-1959):  Mrs. Miller, 3rd. & 4th.;  Mr. Queer, 5th. & 6th. grades;  Mr. Phillips, 7th. & 8th. grades and principal  [source:  Henry (partsman427@ec.rr.com)]
  • Principal (1925):  Charles Kirkwood
  • Principal (1926):  Paul M. Eberhart
  • Board of Education, 1925

Alta

  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Lee Carter  [Mansfield News:  06 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 317]

Amish Schoolhouse - Butler Twp.


Amoy (School No. 5) - Franklin Twp.

  • Located in Section 30
  • Enumeration of Youth, 1932
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1887):  William Bollinger  [Richland Shield & Banner:  26 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Winter/Spring, 1887):  Aaron Hearsh   [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 January 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 23]
  • Teacher (Spring Term - 1889):  E.E. Bollinger  [Richland Shield & Banner:  05 January 1889]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1889):  Annie Roberson.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  30 March 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1889):  John M. Clark.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  19 October 1889, Vol. LXII, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1890):  Annie Roberson [Richland Shield & Banner:  19 April 1890, Vol. LXXII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1890):  John M. Clark  [Richland Shield & Banner: 25 October 1890, Vol. LXXIII, No. 23]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1891):  Miss M.A. Robinson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  26 September 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1891):  John M. Clark  [Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 14]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1892):  Mary Robinson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 April 1892]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1892):  John M. Clark  [Richland Shield & Banner:  09 January 1892]
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  John M. Clark  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1896):  Frank Fackler.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  07 November 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  Frank Fackler   [Semi-Weekly News:  13 November 1896, Vol. 12, No. 92]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  Anna Cairns  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (12/30/1929 - 4/29/1932):  William B. Lantz 
  • Teacher (9/12/1932 - 4/28/1933):  Pearl O. Moore 
  • Teacher (9/12/1933 - 4/13/1934):  Harry Dawson 
  • Teacher (9/10/1934 - 11/29/1937):  Lucile Bryant 
  • Teacher (1935-1936):  Mrs. Lucile Bryant

Appleseed Middle School - Cline Ave. - Mansfield - DEMOLISHED (Summer, 2004)
  • fka:  Johnny Appleseed Junior High School
  • aka:  Johnny Appleseed Middle School
  • 314 Cline Ave., Mansfield
  • Built in 1940   [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Beginning in the Fall of 1989, the building began operating as a 9th. grade building for the city's high school
  • City's Junior High Schools Mark 30th. Year (Appleseed and Simpson)  [.pdf]
  • Demolished in the summer of 2004
  • Property sold in June, 2007  [Mansfield News Journal:  12 July 2007]
  • Sculpture (moved to Malabar Middle School property, W. Cook Road, Mansfield)
  • Photograph
  • Principal (1958):  Fred C. Zumsteg  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Ralph Smith  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Arlin Field - Mansfield
  • Football stadium for the Mansfield City Schools, at the southeast corner of West Fourth Street and Trimble Roads
  • Renovated in 1988
  • Addition added in 1994   [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Built in 1947   [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]

Auburn Elementary School - Shelby

  • Location Map
  • 109 Auburn Ave., Shelby, Ohio 44875
  • Part of the Shelby City School District

Beam Road School (School No. 3) - Springfield Twp.

  • Teacher (1896):  T.G. Stone  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  H.M. Cook   [Semi-Weekly News:  26 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 17]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Cora Cotter  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Blanch Case  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  01 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  Hoyt Mitchell  [Mansfield News:  21 August 1901, Vol. 17, No. 146]

Beech Grove / Skunk's Misery (School No. 6) - Butler Twp.

  • Section 36
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  Andrew Glenn [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  01 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 12]

Beech Grove (School No. 3) - Cass Twp.

  • Located in Section 35
  • Teacher (1895):  Austin Fickes  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 November 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1896):  Carry Dudley   [Semi-Weekly News:  13 November 1896, Vol. 12, No. 92]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Kopp  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  01 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. Chancy Horr.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  11 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Beech Grove (School No. 5) - Corsica, Sandusky Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Fall, 1887):  S.A. Walker.  [source:  Mansfield Weekly News:  03 November 1887, Vol. 3, No. 51]
  • Teacher (1896):  F.C. Snyder  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]
  • Summer Term Teacher (1896):  Harry Finney [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 February 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 41]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Carry Dudly [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  20 June 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  B.C. Lewis  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 17]
  • Teacher (1897 - Summer Term):  Mary Cantwell  [Semi-Weekly News:  19 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 15]

Beech Grove (School No. 2) - Springfield Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (1896):  Lulu Dickerson  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1896):  Byron Lewis  [Semi-Weekly News:  06 November 1896, Vol. 12, No. 90]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1897):  Byron Lewis  [Semi-Weekly News:  29 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 52]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  Miss Garber of New Pittsburg, Wayne Co., OH  [Mansfield News:  21 August 1901, Vol. 17, No. 146]
  • B.C. Lewis  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]

Beer (School No. 13) - Madison Twp.

  • Located in Section 24

Bellview / Bellvue / Bellevue School (School No. 7) - Worthington Twp.

  • Located in the extreme northeastern corner of Section 33
  • Class Picture (date unknown, names unidentified) - In .pdf format
  • Class List (unknown date)
  • Bellview - Student List, 1910-1911
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  Mollie Swank  [source:  Worthington Enterprise:  19 June 1890, Vol. II, No. 29]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1890):  Jonathan Kramer  [Worthington Enterprise:  06 November 1890, Vol. II, No. 49]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Meda Simmons  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  E.A. Bell  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- Ora McCullough [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898) -- E.A. Bell  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  18 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  H.L. Berry  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1902):  Arthur Mohn   [Bellville Messenger:  21 March 1902, Vol. X, No. 12]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  Chas. Dean  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher, 1905 -- W.N. Kramer  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906):  J.C. Robinson  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]
  • Teacher (1923):  D.A. Spayde  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]

Bellville Elementary School       


Bellville High School - Bellville


Bennajah Boardman School - Cass Twp.

  • Was one of the first schools in Cass Twp., held classes in a dwelling across from the Old Salem Church.  The cabin had been owned by the first colored family of Cass Twp.  Besides Benajah Boardman, a Methodist minister, John Armstrong and Mr. Simpson also taught school in this cabin.
  • Located on the south side of the Savannah road.  [Bellville Messenger:  30 July 1903, Vol. 11, No. 30]

"Big Spring School No. 1"  Mansfield - Historical

  • Frame building erected in 1818, on a hill above the Big Spring
  • Razed after Civil War and replaced with the Bushnell (aka:  East Fourth Street SchooL)
  • On East Fourth Street  [Bellville Messenger:  13 November 1903, Vol. 11, No. 45]
  • "Bartley said a frame school was erected near the Big Spring and the school served for 20 years.  That was in 1818."  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Teacher, ???? -- Alexander Barr from Springfield Twp.  [Bellville Messenger:  13 November 1903, Vol. 11, No. 45]

Black Swamp School (School No. 5) - Worthington Twp. 

  • Hilderbrant Road, RFD #1, Butler  [source:  Richland County Farm and Business Directory, 1950-51-52 - listed as a vacant school building]
  • Location Map
  • Photograph - April, 1962
  • aka:  Pleasant View  [Columbus Dispatch:  11 November 1973]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1887):  Burt Freehafer (son of Andy Freehafer)  [Bellville Star:  14 April 1887, Vol. 10, No. 29 and Richland Shield & Banner:  16 April 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 38]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1890):  Mr. Berry  [Worthington Enterprise:  20 November 1890, Vol. II, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  Dora Pritchard  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  "A peculiar state of affairs exist in the Black Swamp school district, which is of a very embarrassing nature to all concerned and at the same time the teacher is to be sympathized with on his failure to renew his certificate in time to allow him to finish the term of school which he was employed to teach.  The entire school had become very much attached to the young man and they all feel very sorry for him."  [Semi-Weekly News:  19 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  R.E. Darling  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1897):  H.L. Berry  [Semi-Weekly News:  19 November 1897, Vol. 13, No. 93]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- Miss Viola Richards [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  D.L. Garber  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  Zetta Lanehart  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher, 1905 -- Scott Pealer  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1905):  Ada Kramer  [Bellville Messenger:  10 March 1905, Vol. 13, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906):  W.W. Robinson  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]
  • Teacher (dates unknown):  Nelda Irene (Easterbrook) Ward  [source:  Obituary of Nelda Irene (Easterbrook) Ward, Mansfield News Journal, 01 March 2005]
  • According to a story written about the school in 1973, the school building hadn't been used since about 1933.  [Columbus Dispatch:  11 November 1973]

Blackman School - Historical


"Blockhouse School" - Mansfield - Madison Twp.

  • Taught by Eliza Wolf(e).  School was kept in the upper story of the block house, while the lower story was occupied as a jail.  The building was eventually taken down, and the logs were purchased by Andrew Coffinberry to build a stable on his lot (corner of East Diamond and Fourth Street).  [Source:  The Mansfield Herald:  15 January 1885, Vol. 35, No. 9]  Eliza Wolf was a sister of John May's wife, and the mother of W.W. Drennan of Plymouth.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]  

Bloom Street School / West Bloom Street / Second Ward (aka:  West Fifth Street School) - Mansfield  - ** see:  West Fifth Street School


Blooming Grove Township Schools - Bloominggrove Twp.

  • School No. 1 ... see:  Ganges
  • School No. 2 ... see:  Hogback
  • School No. 3 ... see:  Paradise
  • School No. 4
  • School No. 5
    • Referred to as the "Shenandoah School" in 1870.  [source:  Bloominggrove Twp. Tax Map Records for 1870]
  • School No. 6 ... see:  Whitehall
  • School No. 7 ... see:  Pontiac
  • School No. 8 ... see:  Shenandoah
  • School No. 9 ... see:  Rome
  • School No. 14
    • Teacher (Spring, 1892):  Otho Powell  [Richland Shield & Banner:  20 February 1892]
  • Fact Sheet & Students
  • Whippoorwill School
  • Might have been a school named "Possum Hollow" in Bloominggrove Twp. (five miles south)  [Mansfield News:  22 February 1894]
  • Grant Aungst was the teacher during the Winter Term (1894) at "South School" which was identified as being in Bloominggrove Township.  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]

Bloomingdale  - Madison Twp.

  • Teacher (Spring, 1877):  Mr. Schultz  [Richland Shield & Banner:  24 March 1877]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1892) -- Miss Vinnie Keith  [Richland Shield & Banner:  02 July 1892]  *The school officers appreciated her work, and engaged her as teacher for the Fall term.

Bowman Street School / Second Ward School - Mansfield

  • aka:  Creveling / H.L. Creveling School - Name changed in 1950
  • Picture of School  [Mansfield & Richland County Directory, 1891]
  • 445 Bowman Street, Mansfield  [source:  Mansfield City Directory, 1908-09]
  • Built in 1886   [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Picture of School
  • Picture of School
  • Photographs
  • Photo
  • Miss Longsdorf's 1st. Grade Class (ca. 1922-23)
  • Mansfield Teachers Elected, 1897
  • Miss Dann's 4th. Grade Class (ca. 1922)
  • Mansfield Grammar School Students Promoted to the High School, 1897
  • Principal (1898-99): H.L. Creveling, $85.  Also teaching A & B Grammar.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1898-99):  C Grammar, Mary Laird, $45;  D Grammar, Margaret Hayes, $45;  A Primary, Lida L. Smith, $40;  A Primary, Birda Etzwiler, $35;  B Primary, Ervilla Laughlin, $40;  B & C Primary, Lena Dorman, $40;  C Primary, Anna E. Jesson, $40;  D Primary, Cora Englebrecht, $45;  D Primary, Etta L. Bilestein, $45.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • German Teacher (1898):  Sophie Ruess, $40 (splitting time between this and the Bloom Street school).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Principal (first):  Sarah M. Marvin  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Principal (second):  Ed. Wiles  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Principal (1893-1927):  H.L. Creveling  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Principal (1927-1937):  Mr. Dotson  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Principal (1937-1941):  Mr. Harmony  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Principal (1941-1952):  Edward W. Kissel  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Janitor (1898):  J.G. Cairns, $55 [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • " ... school was enlarged in 1904 and gain in 1906.  In 1914 the Bowman grounds were enlarged and eight more rooms were added to the school."  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Note:  During the construction of the new school, students were scattered among three different buildings -- fifth and sixth graders were attending the old West Fifth Street School building, third and fourth graders were attending the H.L. Creveling building, and first and second graders were attending Brinkerhoff.  They were transported by bus to these schools.  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]

Bricker School (School No. 4) - Jackson Twp.
  • Location Map
  • Section 23
  • Teacher (Winter, 1871-1872):  George W. Skiles (s/o John G.) at $40/month for 3¾ months.  There were 48 pupils enrolled.  [Shelby Independent News:  14 March 1872, Vol. 4, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Alice Barber  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Summer Term):  Vergie Kinsel.  [ichland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Winter Term):  S.S. Bricker.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  Samuel Bricker  [Mansfield Evening News:  24 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Clara Brown  [Mansfield Evening News:  10 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 30]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1891):  Clara Brown  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 April 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1891):  Will Rush  [Richland Shield & Banner:  24 October 1891]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1892):  Clara Brown  [Richland Shield & Banner:  02 July 1892]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1893):  Clara Brown  [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 July 1893]
  • Teacher (1896):  Sadie Greenfield  [Richland Shield & Banner:  25 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 37]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  George Bricker  [Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 16]
  • Teacher (1898):  William Shatzer  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield): 18 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 14]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  I.T. Bricker  [Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  11 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 93]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Hester Ann Miller.  [Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  16 pupils.  [Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Souvenir School Program, 1921-22
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)

Bridgeport School (School No. 7)  - Washington Twp.

  • Teacher (1872 - Winter Term)  Rufus Sears
  • Teacher (1872 - Summer Term)  Miss Mary Ferguson, teacher
  • Teacher (Summer, 1887):  Jennie Colwell of Yankeetown  [Richland Shield & Banner:  21 May 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 52]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Jennie Colwell  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1887):  R.B. Ray (birthday, Jan. 18th.)  [source:  Mansfield Weekly News:  29 September 1887, Vol. 3, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  R.B. Ray  [Richland Shield & Banner:  17 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 43]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1889):  R.B. Ray  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  26 January 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 36]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1891):  Charles Wiles  [Richland Shield & Banner:  28 March 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1892):  Jennie Colwell  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 April 1892, Vol. XXIV, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1892):  I.S. Donnell  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 July 1892]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1893):  Maggie Colwell  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 January 1893]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Courtney  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Ollie Dillon  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  O.M. Ray, Jr.  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Gertrude Stough  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Gertrude Stough  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • School gutted by fire on 01 April 1890  [source:  Mansfield Herald:  03 April 1890, Vol. 40, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1895):  Miss Allie Hamblin  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  09 March 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 43]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  O.M. Ray  [Mansfield News:  21 August 1901, Vol. 17, No. 146]
  • School Director (Spring, 1892):  Thomas Lutz  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 April 1892, Vol. XXIV, No. 47]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  J.B. Day
  • Students, 1887 - incomplete
  • Perfect Attendance List, 1897
  • Pioneer Singers - A singing group around 1901.  [Mansfield News:  12 June 1901, Vol. 17, No. 87]
  • Thursday.  Miss Etta Pierce requests the SHIELD to say for her that the charge that she whipped any scholar of the Bridgeport School in an unreasonable manner is not true and that the girls who make the complaint were guilty of disobedience of the rules of the school and defiance of the teacher's authority.  It is altogether likely the district will be required to pay Miss Pierce her salary for the full term, whether she is allowed to complete the term or not.  -- [Richland Shield & Banner:  12 June 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 4]
  • Monday.  The discharge of Miss Etta Pierce as teacher of the Bridgeport School, south of the city, is likely to lead to litigation, as the young lady has authorized her attorneys, Douglass & Douglass, to bring suit to recover her salary for the full term unless a settlement is made.  -- [Richland Shield & Banner:  12 June 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 4]
  • A defective flue caused the building to burn down in late March 1890.  The brick building was completely gutted, however the organ, books and portable furniture were all saved.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  29 March 1890, Vol. LXXII, No. 45]

Brinkerhoff Elementary School - Mansfield

  • Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, this building will be housing only 4th. through 6th. grades, drawing students mainly from the southwest section of the city.  (roughly bordered by West Fourth Street on the north, Sturges and Lexington Avenue on the east - extending out to the western and southern city limits)
  • 240 Euclid Ave., Mansfield
  • Built in 1950   [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Six-Room Addition to the building dedicated October, 1957
  • Photographs
  • Miss Proctor's 1st. Grade Class
  • Miss Post's 2nd. Grade Class (ca. 1922)
  • Principal (1958):  G.W. Harmony  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Henry Sheets  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

British School (School No. 6) - Franklin Twp.


Buena Vista School (School No. 1) - Mifflin Twp. - Historical

  • Location Map
  • East of Mansfield  [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 August 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 11]
  • School Director elected (1890):  R.L. Kagey  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  24 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 42]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  Joseph B. Zehner  [Mansfield Evening News:  13 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1891):  Arthur Hursh  [Richland Shield & Banner:  07 November 1891]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1892):  Arthur Hursh  [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 October 1892]
  • Teacher (Feb., 1894):  N.W. Tucker  [source:  Bellville Independent:  08 February 1894, Vol. 6, No. 39]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1895):  Miss Suzie Beal of Mansfield  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1896):  Edward Boyer [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 February 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 41]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Edward Boyer  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  05 Septembr 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 17]
  • Teacher (1923):  Joseph V. Yohn  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]

Bunker Hill School (School No. 1) - Jackson Twp.

  • Located in Section 2
  • Struck by lightning in early June, 1891, causing only slight damage to the building, and no injury or loss of life.  -- [Richland Shield & Banner:  06 June 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 3]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1871-1872):  Jeremiah "Jerry" Drake (son of John, one of the oldest settlers of Jackson Twp.).  Taught for 4 months, at $40/month.  There were 54 enrolled pupils.  [Shelby Independent News:  14 March 1872, Vol. 4, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Miss Crabbs  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Summer Term):  Effie Saltsgaber.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Winter Term):  O. Baker.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1890):  Mary Barr  [Richland Shield & Banner:  26 April 1890, Vol. LXXII, No. 49]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1891):  Duly Landis  [Richland Shield & Banner:  24 October 1891]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1892):  Etta Bistline  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 July 1892]
  • Teacher (1896):  Miss Miller  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  25 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 37]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Wesley St. John  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Carrie Swanger  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  01 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. John Hyde.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  24 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1923):  Mary L. Strine  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]
  • Link to additional information (external link)

Bushnell Elementary School / Third Ward School / East Fourth Street School - Mansfield

  • Named for Dr. Bushnell, a prominent local citizen
  • Built in 1869  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Classroom photo
  • Photograph
  • On East Fourth Street between North Adams and Elm Streets
  • Closed 1950.
  • According to some sources, this building was razed in 1950, but one former student contacted me recently who attended classes in this building from 1949 to 1952.  According to him, the building was still in active use up until at least the end of the 1951-1952 school year.  [RKP October, 2007]
  • Razed to make way for the postal annex building [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • East of Water Street - from Third to Fourth [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Constructed following the Civil War to replace Big Spring School No. 1, which had served the area since 1818
  • Principal (1881-82):  Miss P.C. Randall [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Teachers (1881-82):  C & D Grammar No. 4, Miss P.C. Randall;  A Secondary No. 4, Miss Rebecca Ritchie;  B Secondary No. 5, Miss Mary Lawson;  A Primary No. 4, Miss Nellie Miller;  B Primary No. 4, Miss Mary Aberle;  A Primary No. 5, Miss Ida S. Barr  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82]
  • Picture of School  [Mansfield & Richland County Directory, 1891]
  • Principal (1898-99):  Mary M. Trimble, $80.  Also teaching A & B Grammar.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1898-99):  C Grammar, Caroline Lampert, $45;  D Grammar, Ida Fitger, $45;  A Primary, Louise Thompson, $40;  B Primary, Mary Soyez, $35;  C Primary, Rebecca Grubaugh, $40;  D Primary, Adeline Underwood, $45;  D Primary, Dorothy Waugh, $45.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • From the 1920's to the 1930's the school housed the "Opportunity School" where boys learned the fundamentals of arithmetic, reading and manual arts and girls were taught practical homemaking courses
  • German Teacher (1898):  Mrs. Mary Untiet, $45 (splitting time between this and the Newman Street school).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1887-1888):  Principal and teacher of A and B grammar No. 4, Miss Mary M. Trimble;  C and D grammar No. 6, Miss R.D.B. Holeywell;  C and D grammar No. 7, Miss Mary Aberle;  A and B secondary No. 5, Miss Harriet Haynes;  A and B secondary No. 6, Miss Nettie Cassell;  A primary No. 5 Miss Callie Lampert;  B primary No. 6, Miss Mollie Mowry;  B primary No. 7, Miss Mary H. Wiley.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 June 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 3]
  • Janitor (1898):  F.R. Taylor, $50 [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Mansfield Teachers Elected, 1897

Butler Elementary School  (external link)

  • 125 College Street, Butler, Ohio 44822
  • Photograph, 1908
  • Teacher (1923 - 3rd. & 4th. Grades):  Mabel Yarger  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1 & Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]

Butler High School 


Butler Township Schools - Butler Twp.

  • School No. 1 ... see:  Patterson
  • School No. 2 ... see:  Lone Elm / Rumpus  [Rumpussburg]
  • School No. 3 ... see:  Red Haw
  • School No. 4 ... see:  Murray
  • School No. 5 ... see:  Adario
  • School No. 6 ... see:  Beech Grove / Skunk's Misery
  • School No. 7 ... see:  Whitehall

Cairns School (School No. 5) - Jackson Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter, 1871-1872):  James Stewart, resident of Madison Twp., at $37/month.  There were 38 pupils enrolled.  [Shelby Independent News:  14 March 1872, Vol. 4, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1886):  Frank Donnelson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  25 December 1886, Vol. LXIX, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1886):  Anna Robinson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1887):  Anna Robinson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Anna Robinson / Roberson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Summer Term):  Ada Barr.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Winter Term):  J.D. Lantz.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1889):  Ida Barr.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  27 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 10]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1889):  Judson Lantz  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 November 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Miss Barr  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  10 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 30]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1891):  Ida Sipe  [Richland Shield & Banner:  04 April 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 46]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1891):  W.G. Hoffer (left to edit the Atchison Patriot in Kansas)  [Richland Shield & Banner:  17 October 1891]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1891):  Stephen "Steve" Clark  [Richland Shield & Banner:  17 October 1891]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1892):  Stephen A. Clark  [Richland Shield & Banner:  20 February 1892]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1892):  Stephen Clark  [Richland Shield & Banner:  09 January 1892]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1893):  S. Clark  [Richland Shield & Banner:  18 March 1893]
  • Teacher (1896):  Ida Sipe  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  25 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 37]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Florence "Flossie" Hartman  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  07 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Frank Dent  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Eva O'Hearn.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  11 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Carpenter / Frank G. Carpenter Elementary School - Mansfield

  • Will CLOSE at the end of the 2006-2007 school year
  • 71 Carpenter Rd., Mansfield
  • Built in 1952   [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Photographs
  • Fire Insurance Map
  • Group of Children 5/1/1929
  • Principal (1961):  G.W. Harmony  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Carter / Carterville School (School No. 9) - Springfield Twp.

  • near Alta
  • Location Map
  • Miss Iva Griffith's Class (ca. 1923)
  • Another photo of Miss Iva Griffith's Class (ca. 1923)
  • A third photo of Miss Iva Griffith's Class (ca. 1923)
  • A classroom in Carter School, Jan., 1923
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  John W. Fighter  [Bellville Messenger: 11 March 1897]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1897):  John W. Fighter  [Semi-Weekly News:  29 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 52]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Miss Alice Palmer.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Jessie George  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Teacher (May, 1901):  Boyd Crouch  [Mansfield News:  02 May 1901, Vol. 17, No. 49]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  Winnie Blore of Lexington, OH  [Mansfield News:  21 August 1901, Vol. 17, No. 146]
  • Teacher (1923):  Iva Griffith  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1 & Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]]
  • The school had to be closed for a time in February of 1895, due to such a number of children being down with the measles.  [source:  Bellville Independent:  07 February 1895, Vol. 7, No. 38]
  • Alta.  Sunday School was organized at Carter's school house.  Treasurer, Mrs. W. Carter;  Secretary, Grace Tinkey;  Assistant Secretary, Edith Taylor;  Organist, Clara Marlow;  Assistant Organist, Myrtle Gibson;  Janitor, Walter Taylor.  Sunday school at 3 p.m., standard time.  [Semi-Weekly News:  23 April 1897, Vol. 13, No. 33]

Cass Twp. School - Cass Twp.

  • Was the first schoolhouse built in Cass Twp., built in 1819, on Section 9. 
  • The first teacher was A.D. Bodley

Cass Township Schools

  • School No. 1 
    • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. Ronald Howard.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
    • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  12 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • School No. 2 ... see:  Old Cranberry
  • School No. 3 ... see:  Beech Grove / Beach Grove
  • School No. 4 ... see:  London
  • School No. 5 ... see:  Center School
  • School No. 6
    • Location Map
    • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. Miss Abbie Griffeth.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
    • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  21 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

** Al Wierman was a teacher in one of the Cass Twp. schools during the 1896 school year.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  28 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 46]


Cave School - see:  Pleasant Valley / Cave School (School No. 8) - Worthington Twp. 


Center (School No. 5) - Cass Twp.

  • Located in Section 15
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)
  • "Mr. Edward Koenigshoeffer ... opens a German School in Center School ..."  [Shelby Independent News:  20 June 1872, Vol. 4, No. 34]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Ruth Pittenger.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  12 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Center Grove School (School No. 6) - Jefferson Twp.


Center Hall (School No. 3) - Mifflin Twp.

  • Teacher (Winter, 1891):  Frank Hursh  [Richland Shield & Banner:  07 November 1891]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1892):  Nora Daubenspeck  [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 October 1892]
  • Teacher (Summer 1895):  Miss Ollie Grabill  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  02 March 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 42]
  • Teacher (Fall 1895):  William T. Hursh  [Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  06 July 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 8]
  • School Director elected (1890):  C. Wolf  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  24 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 42]

Center Hall (School No. 8) - Monroe Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Spring, 1879):  Lizzie Henry   [Ohio Liberal:  21 May 1879]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1883):  Florence Craven  [source: THE BELLVILLE STAR (Bellville, Richland, Ohio): 12 April 1883, Vol. VI, No. 28]
  • Teacher (Winter/Spring, 1887):  Hattie Baughman   [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 January 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 23]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  Minnie Harter  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  19 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 11]
  • Teacher (1895-1896 school year):  W.O. Wiles  [Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  01 February 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 38]
  • George Balliett, teacher (1889 Spring Term)  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  23 March 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 44]
  • Teacher (1893 Winter Term):  Charles Blust.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  11 November 1893, Vol. LXXVI, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Alta Culler  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  W.O. Wiles  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  W.O. Wiles  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Eva Tucker  [Semi-Weekly News:  23 July 1897, Vol. 13, No. 59]
  • Teacher (1898):  W.O. Wiles  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  07 January 1898, Vol. 14, No. 2]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1902):  E.A. Bell  [Bellville Messenger:  23 May 1902, Vol. X, No. 21]

Center Hall / Center Hill (School No. 6) - Washington Twp.

  • Location Map
  • John H. Horn, teacher (1872 - Winter Term)
  • Miss Maggie McGuire, teacher (1872 - Summer Term)
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  William Smith
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Mr. Hendrickson  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Etta Tucker  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  J.F. Dill  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- Mrs. I. Aungst [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  J.F. Dill  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  J.F. Dill  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  Edith Williams  [Mansfield News:  21 August 1901, Vol. 17, No. 146]
  • Roster of Pupils, 1907-1908  (external link)
  • Roster of Pupils, 1911-1912  (see Pastfinder 17/1 at Richland Co. Gen. Society website)

Center Hall (School No. 4) - Worthington Twp.

  • Location Map
  • at Wilson and Tugend Roads, outside Butler, Ohio
  • First School Building
  • Second School Building
  • Class List 1897-98
  • Possible photograph
  • "Lewis Garber, of Bellville, laid the first brick for the new school house at Center Hall, Monday afternoon."  [source:  Worthington Enterprise:  14 August 1890, Vol. II, No. 17]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  C.L. McClellan  [Richland Shield & Banner:  10 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 42]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  Lew Dickes  [Mansfield Evening News:  13 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1890):  Carry Andrews  [Worthington Enterprise:  20 November 1890, Vol. II, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  I.L. McCullough  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  D.F. Hayes  [Semi-Weekly News:  05 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 19]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  Elsie Miller  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Mrs. Intha Aungst  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  B.S. Pheil  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher, 1905 -- Boyd Robinson  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1905):  Boyd Robinson  [Bellville Messenger:  10 March 1905, Vol. 13, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906): Boyd Robinson  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]

Central Elementary School - Shelby

  • 25 High School Ave., Shelby, Ohio 44875
  • Part of the Shelby City School District

Central Elementary School - Lexington  (external link)
  • 124 Frederick Street, Lexington, Ohio 44904
  • Part of the Lexington Local School District
  • Photographs
  • Built 1953  [The Pastfinder:  December 1988, Vol. 7, No. 4]

Central High School - Shelby


Champion Hill (School No. 2) - Franklin Twp.


Charles School (School No. 2) - Weller Twp.


Cherry School - see:  Vine Hill / Cherry School (School No. 5) - Troy Twp.


Cherry Valley School (School No. 10) - Washington Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (1872 - Winter Term):  Eli Evarts
  • Teacher (1872 - Summer Term):  Miss Sarah Andrews
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1879-1880):  J.M. Teeter  [source:  Richland Star:  29 January 1880, Vol. III, No. 18]
  • Teacher (1893 Fall Term):  Wm. Maglott  [source:  Bellville Independent:  29 June 1893, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Cantwell  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  Mr. Horn ... has resigned his position on account of ill health.  Miss Emma Kocheiser will finish the term.  [Semi-Weekly News:  09 February 1879, Vol. 13, No. 12]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  John Howard  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  John Howard  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 24]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Emma Kochheiser  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Arthur Palm  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  Leroy Gaddis  [Mansfield News:  21 August 1901, Vol. 17, No. 146]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  P. Kocheiser
  • "Trouble arose in the Cherry Valley school between the scholars and their teacher, J.M. Teeter, which resulted in the school being closed.  Mr. Teeter expects to attend school here for awhile."  [Richland Star:  29 January 1880, Vol. III, No. 18]

Chestnut Chapel School (School No. 5) - Washington Twp.

  • William Altgeld, teacher (1872 - Winter Term)
  • Miss Mina Altgelt, teacher (1872 - Summer Term)
  • Teacher (1884, Spring Term):  Anna Potts  [Bellville Star:  03 April 1884, Vol. 7, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1886):  Lydia Tracy  [Bellville Star:  01 April 1886, Vol. 9, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Ella Maglott  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  27 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 18]
  • Teacher (1893 Fall Term):  J.F. Dill  [source:  Bellville Independent:  29 June 1893, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Clever  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Ema Koheiser  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  Emma Koheiser [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Emma Kochheiser  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 24]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Oma [Camsie] Cravan  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Erna Koheiser  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1899):  Emma Koheiser  [Mansfield News:  25 August 1899]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  Nelson Whitton  [Mansfield News:  21 August 1901, Vol. 17, No. 146]
  • Teacher (1923):  V.D. Wade  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  Frank Woodruff
  • Location Map

Church of Glad Tidings Kindergarten -- *see:  East Third Street (Free) Kindergarten


Children's Home

  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  Ella Becker  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1889):  Ella Becker  [Mansfield Herald:  11 April 1889]

Clark School (School No. 3) - Jackson Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Section 21
  • "School house No. 3 came near being burned to the ground last Monday night.  A large hole was burnt through the floor."  [source:  Mansfield News:  31 January 1894, Vol. IX, No. 283]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1871-1872):  Albert M. Wheeler at $40/month for 4 months.  There were 35 pupils enrolled.  [Shelby Independent News:  14 March 1872, Vol. 4, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1887):  Rufus Stober  [source:  Mansfield Weekly News:  01 December 1887, Vol. 4, No. 3]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Anna Clark  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47 and (Mansfield) Weekly News: 05 July 1888, Vol. 5, No. 31]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1891):  Will Bricker  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 May 1891]
  • Teacher (1889, Summer Term):  Anna Clark.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Winter Term):  J.F. Laser.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Esther Barker / Barber  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  10 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 30]
  • Teacher (1896):  Effie Shatzer  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  25 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 37]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Mr. Cook  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  William Gump  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  11 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 93]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Jessie Eckert.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  31 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)

Clay Hill [Mill] School (School No. 4) - Perry Twp.

  • near Darlington
  • Some Clay Hill School Students, 1886
  • Teacher (Spring 1891 Term):  Edna Kensinger  [source:  Bellville Independent:  23 April 1891, Vol. III, No. 52]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1893):  Emma Follin  [Bellville Independent:  06 April 1893]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1894):  Homer Bigbee  [source:  Mansfield News:  27 February 1894, Vol. IX, No. 310]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894 Term):  Fred Staff*  [source:  Bellville Independent:  15 March 1894, Vol. 6, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Dora [Dorah] Shaffer.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1898):  O.N. Gaddis  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  26 August 1898, Vol. 14, No. 71]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1903):  Reason Pearce  [Bellville Messenger:  12 March 1903, Vol. 11, No. 10]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1903):  Stella McBride  [Bellville Messenger:  23 October 1903, Vol. 11, No. 42]
  • Teacher (Spring/Summer, 1906):  Walter Long  [Bellville Messenger:  01 June 1906, Vol. 14, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1906):  Walter Long  [Bellville Messenger:  13 July 1906, Vol. 14, No. 24] 

* Despite Fred Staff as the one listed to teach the Clay Hill school for the Spring Term, 1894, the Bellville Independent dated 05 April 1894 (Vol. 6, No. 47), gives the teacher's name as Homer Bigbee, as the one who will be teaching the Spring Term of the school.


Clear Fork High School (external link)

  • 987 St. Rte 97, Bellville
  • Part of the Clear Fork Valley Local School District
  • Dedicated 4/19/1964  [source:  Clear Fork High School Dedication Program]
  • Principal (1964):  William H. Wilson  [source:  Clear Fork High School Dedication Program]

Clear Fork Middle School (external link)
  • 987 State Rte. 97, Bellville 44813
  • Part of the Clear Fork Valley Local School District

Clover Hill School (School No. 4) - Lexington, Troy Twp.

  • Two miles northwest of Lexington  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Summer, 1880):  Jennie Shellabarger  [Richland Star:  05 February 1880, Vol. III, No. 19]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  W. Balward  [Semi-Weekly News: 03 August 1897, Vol. 13, No. 62]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Gertrude Thompson, d/o of Rev. Thompson  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Teacher (1921):  Miss Zillah Schindler  [RICHLAND CO. LEADER, 14 October 1921]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  Silvia Fox  [Mansfield News:  21 August 1901, Vol. 17, No. 146]
  • Teacher (1923):  Beulah Harris  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]
  • Some students (1923):  Martha Seif, Odessa Garver, Marvin Swank  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Some Clover Hill Students, 1877  (see Pastfinder 17/4 at Richland Co. Gen. Society website)

Commercial School - Mansfield

  • Prof. J.R. Edmiston established a Commercial School in late 1876 in Mansfield, in leased rooms over Eggert's provision store in the Stevens Block.  Classes were in book-keeping and writing, for both men and women.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  30 December 1876]

Cook Road Elementary School - Mansfield

  • Part of the Madison School System
  • 115 E. Cook Rd. in Mansfield
  • Principal (1958):  Roger Peterson  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1959-60):  Roger Peterson
  • Principal (1961):  Roger Peterson  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Cranberry School -- see:  Old Cranberry


Crestview Elementary School  (external link)

  • mailing address:  1575 State Route 96, Ashland, Ohio 44805

Crestview High School  (external link)

  • mailing address:  1575 State Route 96, Ashland, Ohio 44805

Crestview Middle School  (external link)

  • mailing address:  1575 State Route 96, Ashland, Ohio 44805

Creveling / H.L. Creveling Elementary School - Mansfield

  • *See Bowman Street School for early history of this school
  • Location Map
  • Photograph
  • 445 Bowman Street, Mansfield
  • Built in 1952  [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • New school was started in 1950, adding to the 1914 addition which was left standing.  The old addition was restored with painting, waterproofing, new floors, new desks and lighting.  [H.L. Creveing School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • When completed, the school had 28 class rooms, a combined gym and auditorium, a library, cafeteria and an activity room.  It was the largest building in the city at the time it was built.  [H.L. Creveing School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Teachers, 1952
  • Principal (1958):  John Bell  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  John Bell  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Crimson / Needmore / Forest Hall School (School No. 6) - Mifflin Twp.

  • Located in the northwestern corner of Section 34
  • Roll of Honor, 1874
  • Souvenir Booklet, 1924-1925 w/ Class List
  • Another Souvenir Booklet, 1924-1925 w/ Class List
  • Photograph, August 1929
  • Teacher (Summer, 1874):  Anna E. Stewart  [Richland Shield & Banner:  18 July 1874]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1887):  Blanche Powers  [Richland Shield & Banner:  19 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1891):  Charles Chew  [Richland Shield & Banner:  07 November 1891]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1892):  W.H. Hoover  [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 October 1892]
  • Teacher (late 1893 term):  Romeo Koch of Mifflin.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 October 1893, Vol. LXXVI, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer 1895):  Miss Florence Koogle  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  02 March 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 42]
  • Teacher (Fall 1895):  Florence Koogle  [Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  06 July 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 8]
  • Teacher (1896-97 school year):  W.G. Hoover  [Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  20 June 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1923):  Ben Cole  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]

Cross Roads School

  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Estella Hersh  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  12 February 1890, Vol. 5, No. 291]

Culp School (School No. 5) - Perry Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Photograph - circa 1909
  • Teacher (Winter, 1879-1880):  James K.P. Russell  [Richland Star:  23 October 1879, Vol. III, No. 4]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1886):  Carrie Fairchild  [Bellville Star:  01 April 1886, Vol. 9, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1888):  H.C. Goodwin  [Bellville Star:  22 November 1888, Vol. 12, No.  8]
  • Teacher (Summer-Fall Term, 1889):  Miss Edna Kensinger  [source:  Bellville Independent:  10 October 1889, Vol. 2, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1896):  Fred Levering   [Semi-Weekly News:  25 September 1896, Vol. 12, No. 78]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  Fred Levering  [Semi-Weekly News:  12 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 21]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Ulla Winand   [Semi-Weekly News:  02 July 1897, Vol. 13, No. 53]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  W.N. Moore  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  18 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Alta Gaddis.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1898):  W.N. Moore  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  16 December 1898, Vol. 14, No. 103]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1899):  Miss Alta Gaddis  [Mansfield News: 14 July 1899]
  • Teacher (Winter Term 10/27/1902 - 3/13/1903):  A.M. Lantz  [souvenir school program]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1903):  Arthur Lantz  [Bellville Messenger:  19 March 1903, Vol. 11, No. 11]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  Mable Booze  [Bellville Messenger:  30 October 1903, Vol. 11, No. 43]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1906):  Miller Bollinger  [Bellville Messenger:  02 March 1906, Vol. 14, No. 5]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1906):  Jennie Carpenter  [Bellville Messenger:  15 June 1906, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1906):  Jennie Carpenter  [Bellville Messenger:  13 July 1906, Vol. 14, No. 24]
  • Directors (Winter Term 10/27/1902 - 3/13/1903):  A. Hetrick, W.O. Neptune and W.C. Shaffer  [souvenir school program]

Darling Settlement School (School No. 1) - Worthington Twp. 

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter, 1890):  Harry Freeman.  [Worthington Enterprise:  06 November 1890, Vol. II, No. 49]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1892):  Harry Freeman  [Richland Shield & Banner:  12 March 1892]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1901):  Mirtie Stewart  [Mansfield News:  03 July 1901, Vol. 17, No. 105]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  Wm. Maglott  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher, 1905 -- J.H. Darling  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1905):  Jud Ames  [Bellville Messenger:  10 March 1905, Vol. 13, No. 7]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- Miss Dora Zimmerman  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906):  Jud Darling  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]
  • Demolished
  • Photograph - No date (children not identified)

Diamond Street School - Mansfield
  • 183 S. Diamond Street, Mansfield  [source:  Mansfield City Directory 1895-96]
  • Teacher (n.d.g.) - J.M. Torrence  [see obituary pages]
  • Teacher (n.d.g.) - Mamie Au  [see obituary pages]

Dickinson Secretarial School - Mansfield  [Mansfield That Was article by Paul L. White, Mansfield (OH) News Journal:  Date Unknown]

  • located in the Richland Trust Building in the early 1900's

Discovery School - Mansfield - Private

  • Website
  • 855 Millsboro Road, Mansfield, Ohio 44903

Dowds Elementary School

  • 18 Seneca Drive, Shelby, Ohio 44875
  • Part of the Shelby City School District

Dunshee's School - Lexington

  • Teacher (Spring, 1889):  Levi Everts from near Bellville.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  02 March 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 41]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1893):  Boyd Doty.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 September 1893, Vol. LXXVI, No. 17]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1894):  Miss Lucy Dennis.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  08 September 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 17]

Dry Can - **see:  Maple Grove / Dry Can (School No. 6) - Monroe Twp.


East Diamond Street School - Mansfield

  • Location:  Northeast corner of East Diamond St. and Flint St.  [source:  The Herald's Directory to Mansfield and Richland County, Ohio, 1884-85]

East Fourth Street School - Mansfield -- *see also:  Bushnell School
 


East Mansfield Elementary School (School No. 11) - Madison Twp. - Mansfield

  • Part of the Madison School System
  • 115 Bahl Ave. in Mansfield // Section 23
  • Principal (1958):  Martin Nagel  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1959-60):  Martin F. Nagel
  • Principal (1961):  Russell Patterson  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]
  • Teachers
    • 1952-1975:  Mrs. Marie Kohler  [source:  Danja Thompson 8/22/2012]
  • 2nd. Grade Class Photo, 1943-1944
  • 3rd. Grade Class Photo, 1944-45
  • Class Photo, 1947-48

East Market Street Business College - Mansfield  [Mansfield That Was article by Paul L. White, Mansfield (OH) News Journal:  Date Unknown]

  • 213-215 E. Market Street (Park Ave. East) 

East Third Street (Free) Kindergarten - Mansfield

  • Classes held in the Church of Glad Tidings building on East Third Street   [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 82]
  • Teachers (1898):  Miss Catharine Whiteman, Principal;  Miss Jennie Cline, Assistant.   [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 82]

Eastern Elementary School - Lexington (external link)

  • Castor Rd., Lexington, Ohio 44904
  • Part of the Lexington Local School District
  • Opened in 1972 from a converted private business  [The Pastfinder:  December 1988, Vol. 7, No. 4]

Eastview Elementary School

  • 1262 Eastview Drive, Mansfield, Ohio 44905
  • Part of the Madison Local School District
  • Photograph  (Submitted by Aaron T.)

Elm Hall School (School No. 10) - Springfield Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Pupil List, 1907
  • Teacher (Winter/Spring, 1887):  Charles Trimble   [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 January 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 23]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1891):  P.R. Bricker  [Richland Shield & Banner:  07 November 1891]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1897):  Horace Cook  [Semi-Weekly News:  29 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 52]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1899):  Zuleika Wachs  [Mansfield News:  29 June 1899]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  Roy Lewis of Cookton  [Mansfield News:  21 August 1901, Vol. 17, No. 146]
  • Teacher (1907):  Frances Wiley

Empire School - Mansfield

  • 395 Pomerene Rd., Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Built in 1956  [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Photographs
  • Principal (1958):  Jesse M. Clark  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Richard Gross  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Excelsior Hall (School No. 3)  - Monroe Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter, 1886-1887):  Samuel Budd  [Richland Shield & Banner:  05 March 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 32]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1887):  R.B. Day  [Richland Shield & Banner:  09 April 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 37]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1887):  Hattie Baughman  [Richland Shield & Banner:  09 April 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 37]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1887):  D.H. Charles   [source:  Mansfield Weekly News:  29 September 1887, Vol. 3, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Annie Cunning   [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  03 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 24]
  • School Director (Spring, 1895):  Lucas.  William Leiter was elected school director in Excelsior district No. 3 Monday evening.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Alma Hammet  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  Aaron Culler  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  H.L. Price [Semi-Weekly News:  29 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 52]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1901):  Mr. Orrie Hull  [Mansfield News:  20 June 1901, Vol. 17, No. 94]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1903):  Edith Robinson d/o John D. Robinson  [Butler Enterprise:  14 May 1903]

Fairview School (School No. 2) - Troy Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Spring, 1877): James S. Fowler  [Richland Shield & Banner:  03 February 1877]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Alma Cantwell  [source:  Mansfield News:  14 March 1894, Vol. X, No. 8]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1896):  Ed Wiles  [Semi-Weekly News:  03 November 1896, Vol. 12, No. 89]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  A. Cortney  [Semi-Weekly News: 03 August 1897, Vol. 13, No. 62]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Arthur Courtney.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Lucy George  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  Harry Palm  [Mansfield News:  21 August 1901, Vol. 17, No. 146]
  • Class List, 1909-1910

Faulkner / Blackman School (School No. 11) - Plymouth Twp.


Fifth Street School - Mansfield

  • 138 W. Fifth Street, Mansfield  [source:  Mansfield City Directory, 1908-09]

Finnegan (School No. 6) - Sharon Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Located in Section 36
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)
  • Teacher (Winter, 1899):  Charles Smith  [Mansfield News:  22 August 1899]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Olive Stine.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  10 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

First Street / First Ward School  - Mansfield

  • SW Corner of First and Crouse Streets  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Photograph
  • Photo of School
  • Principal (1881-82):  Miss Margaret W. Sutherland  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Assistant Principal (1881-82):  Miss Anna C. Gunning  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Teachers (1881-82):  High School, Miss Margaret W. Sutherland;  Junior High School, Miss Laura A. Jackson;  A & B Grammar, Miss Esther Hyde;  C & D Grammar No. 1, Miss Frank Jackson;  A & B Secondary No. 1, Miss Lizzie Beale;  A Primary No. 1, Miss Mary S. Myers;  B Primary No. 1, Miss Anna M. Proctor.  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Teachers (1887-1888):  Principal and teacher of A and B grammar No. 1, Miss Esther Hyde;  C and D Grammar, No. 1, Miss M.E. Beale;  A and B secondary No. 1, Miss Anna M. Proctor;  A Primary No. 1, Miss Hattie L. Stone;  B Primary No. 1, Miss Louise M. Hall.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 June 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 3]

Fleming Falls School - Fleming Falls Rd. - Mansfield

  • 472 Sunny Dale Ave., Mansfield
  • Fleming Falls School Photographs
  • Built in 1956   [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Principal (1958):  Dean Rex  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Dean Rex  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Floral Hall School (School No. 2) - Washington Twp.

  • Robert Miller, teacher (1872 - Winter Term)
  • Miss M.J. McGuire, teacher (1872 - Summer Term)
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1887):  O.M. Ray  [Richland Shield & Banner:  05 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 24]
  • Teacher (1889 Spring Term):  O.M. Ray.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 46]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Day  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1894):  Mamie Day  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 5]
  • 1896 - David Secrist taught for one week at this school in January of 1896, acting as a substitute when the regular teacher was out ill.  [Source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  25 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 37]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Etta Pearce  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  Etta Pearce  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Etta Pearce  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Earl Dye  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1899):  H.P. Taylor  [Mansfield News:  25 August 1899]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  Effie McFarland  [Mansfield News:  21 August 1901, Vol. 17, No. 146]
  • School Director (Spring, 1892):  Josiah Norrick  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 April 1892, Vol. XXIV, No. 47]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  L.K. Pearce
  • "A new wood house has been built in district No. 2"  [Richland Shield & Banner:  25 June 1892]

Forest Hall School - *see:  Crimson / Needmore / Forest Hall  (School No. 6) - Mifflin Twp.


Forest Hall / Robinson (School No. 1) - Jefferson Twp. 


Foundation Academy - Mansfield

  • Charter school
  • As of Spring 2010, the school will be moving to the building formerly known as Roseland school.  [Mansfield (OH) News Journal:  10 January 2010]

Fourth Street School - Mansfield

  • 130 E. Fourth Street, Mansfield  [source:  Mansfield City Directory, 1908-09]

Franklin School (School No. 5) - Weller Twp.


Franklin Township Schools


Gailey Seminary - Lexington


Gamble & North Streets School - Historical - Shelby

  • "The old school house at the corner of Gamble and North streets, for sometime occupied as a residence by Wallace Moore, has been removed west of the railroad by Mr. Schmidt to serve another quarter of a century as a dwelling."  [Shelby Independent News:  31 August 1876, Vol. 8, No. 45]

Gamble School (School No. 4) - Sharon Twp. - Historical

  • Location Map
  • Link to information about this school (external link)
  • Teacher (Winter, 1899):  R.P. Bricker  [Mansfield News:  22 August 1899]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. Floyd Teeter.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  22 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1923):  Ruth E. Wolf  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]

Ganges (School No. 1) - Bloominggrove Twp.

  • Section 31
  • Location Map, 1896
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1887):  Albert Imhoff  [Richland Shield & Banner:  26 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Summer Term - 1896):  Edith Bysline  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Cora St. John  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  01 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 26]

Gass School - see:  Union Grove / Gass School (School No. 1) - Troy Twp.


Grant School - Shelby (East Side)


Griffith School (School No. 8) - Plymouth Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Section 14, SE Quarter  [Tax Booklet]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Laura Whittier.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  26 September 1914, Vol. 61, No. 45]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  10 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1923):  Pearl Dininger  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)

Grubaugh Elementary School - Mansfield

  • 87 Western Ave., Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Principal (1958):  Robert O. Hartman  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Chester C. Secrist  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Guthrie School - Bloominggrove Twp. - Historical

  • Opened 1825-1826 on the Guthrie Farm
  • Teacher = Robert Finney

Hancock Heights School (School No. 9) - Madison Twp.

  • Olivesburg Rd. - Section 15
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  E.C. Wiles  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  L.R. Koch  [Source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7]

Hannawalt's School / Haniwalt / Sycamore [Cycamore] Valley School / Old Sycamore School (School No. 1)  - Perry Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Mentioned in the 04 April 1873 issue of the Bellville Dollar Weekly.
  • Teacher (Spring, 1880):  A.M. Klotz  [Richland Star:  26 February 1880, Vol. III, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1894):  Mary Paxton  [source:  Mansfield News:  31 January 1894]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Howard M. Ruhl.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1902):  Harry Maxwell  [Bellville Messenger:  04 April 1902, Vol. X, No. 14]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1903):  Vesta Barnette  [Bellville Messenger:  02 April 1903, Vol. 11, No. 13]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1906):  Glen Shafer  [Bellville Messenger:  13 July 1906, Vol. 14, No. 24] 

Hard Scrabble - Jefferson Twp.

  • An early school-house near where the Honey Creek school was located, some of it's pupils included John Robinson, Sr., Elmina Oldfield and Reuben Evarts, Sr..  [Bellville Star:  31 January 1884, Vol. 7, No. 18]

Hartman School (School No. 6) - Jackson Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Section 28
  • Teacher (Winter, 1871-1872):  J.D. Hill (aka:  J.G. Hill), at $40/month for 3¾ months.  [Shelby Independent News:  14 March 1872, Vol. 4, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Anna Roberts  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Summer Term):  Miss Myers.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Winter Term):  I.F. Bricker.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Miss Ola Meyer [Myers]  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  10 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 30]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1891):  Mattie Turner  [Richland Shield & Banner:  18 April 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1891):  Mattie Turner  [Richland Shield & Banner:  17 October 1891]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1891):  Stahley Styles  [Richland Shield & Banner:  24 October 1891]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Riley Bricker  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Zora Patterson.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1923):  Golda Kelley  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Teacher (5/1930):  Helen Tuttle  [souvenir ribbon selling on eBay]
  • Teacher (1930-1931):  Hannah Kelly  [souvenir program selling on eBay]
  • Student Enrollment (July, 1891):  21 Males, 15 Females.   [Richland Shield & Banner:  18 July 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 9]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  20 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • School Enrollment, 1928-1929 (1st. - 8th. grades)
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)

Hastings School -- **see:  Hopewell / Hastings School


Hazel Dell School (School No. 9) - Monroe Twp.

  • aka: Hazeldell
  • Hazel Dell School Students, 1926
  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter, 1887):  Hattie Baughman  [Richland Shield & Banner:  24 September 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  Hattie Baughman  [Richland Shield & Banner:  03 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 41]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1891):  James Hazelet  [Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 43]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Effie Wiles  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  Phoebe Maurer  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]
  • Teacher (1925):  Christine Brunk  [source:  Rich. Co. Annual, 1925]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  S.J. Hazlett  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  29 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 25]

Hazel Grove / Hazel Brush School (School No. 9) - Plymouth Twp.

  • Located in Section 16
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)
  • Location Map
  • Section 24, SE Quarter  [Tax Booklet]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Anna Hodges.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]  
  • Teacher (Winter, 1914):  Miss Alma Clark - replacing Miss Anna Hodges who resigned.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  02 January 1915, Vol. 62, No. 7]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  18 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Hayes School - Shelby (West Side)

  • Picture of School Building (ca. 1901)
  • Teachers, 1901
  • The former Hayes School building in Shelby which was located at the corner of Sharon Street and Raymond Avenue. It was sold to Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish in 1954 when the new elementary school buildings were finished in Shelby. It housed various grades from 1954-1971, when it was razed after the completion of the new St. Mary's School. The site was an empty lot for many years and within the last 10 years has had a habitat-for-humanity home erected on the site. This school was a "twin" of Grant School which served the east side of town. However, on that school the entry  was on the left side.  [source:  Aaron T. (8/2007)]

Hebrew School - Plymouth  [Shelby Independent News:  14 September 1876, Vol. 8, No. 47]
 


Hedges Elementary School / Fourth Ward School - Mansfield

  • Set to close after the 2009/2010 school year.  Students will attend Malabar Middle School.  [source:  MansfieldNewsJournal.com article, 31 March 2010]
  • Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, this building will be housing only 4th. through 6th. grades, drawing students mainly from the eastern half of the city.  (roughly bordered by Bowman Street and Sturges Avenue on the west and extending outward to the northern, eastern and southern city limits)
  • 176 Hedges Street, Mansfield
  • Built in 1871  [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Addition added in 1911  [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Addition added in 1941   [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Addition built in 1950   [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Remodeled in 1951   [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Addition in 1956   [A Historical Time Line of Mansfield City Schools, www.huberdo.com/mansfieldcity/timeline.htm]
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • " ... named for Gen. James Hedges, one of the founders of Mansfield, was completed in 1873.  The original structure cost $31,000 ..."  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Inside school classroom
  • Picture of school
  • Photo of school
  • Photographs
  • Some 9th. Grade Hedges Street School Students, 1902
  • Harry Marlow's 5th. Grade Class  (ca. 1922)
  • Another photo of Harry Marlow's 5th. Grade Class (ca. 1922)
  • Mansfield Grammar School Students Promoted to the High School, 1897
  • Miss McClellan's 4th. Grade Class (ca. 1922)
  • West Side of Hedges Street, south of Arch St.  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Principal (1881-2):  Miss Alice T. Codding  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Principal (1898-99):  D.F. Shafer, $80.  Also teaching A & B Grammar.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1881-82):  A & B Grammar No. 3, Miss Alice T. Codding;  C & D Grammar No. 5, Mrs. Jennie B. Lyman;  A Secondary No. 6, Miss Sadie A. Beale;  B Secondary No. 7, Miss Mary A. Trimble;  A Primary No. 6, Miss Caroline M. Ehlers;  B Primary No. 6, Miss Dora Grosvenor;  English & German No. 2 and 3, John J. Buchler and Miss Mary Laird  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Teachers (1898-99):  C Grammar, Mary Beale, $45;  D Grammar, Lenora Horn, $45;  A Primary, Anna Boyd, $40;  B Primary, Grace Palmer, $40;  A Primary, Birdie Settlemyer, $40;  C Primary, Rebecca Ritchie, $40;  D Primary, Sarah Percy, $45.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • German Teacher (1898):  Margaret Feidner, $45 (splitting time between this and the Prospect Street school).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Janitor (1898):  James M. Barrett, $50 (splitting time between this and the Bloom and Newman Street schools).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Miss Keller's Class, 19 April 1937
  • Principal (1958):  Raymond R. Dent  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Raymond R. Dent  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]
  • Mansfield Teachers Elected, 1897

Heritage Middle School (Lucas) 

  • website (external link)
  • Part of the Lucas Local School District

Hershiser School

  • Two miles north of Shelby  [Shelby Independent News:  20 June 1872, Vol. 4, No. 34]

Hickory Grove (School No. 1) - Franklin Twp.

  • Located in Section 3
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1887):  David Katon  [Richland Shield & Banner:  26 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1889):  Bertie Pifer.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  30 March 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1889):  David Osbun.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  19 October 1889, Vol. LXII, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1890):  Bertie Pifer  [Richland Shield & Banner:  19 April 1890, Vol. LXXII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1890):  David Osbun  [Richland Shield & Banner: 25 October 1890, Vol. LXXIII, No. 23]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1892):  Addie Chew  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 April 1892] 
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  Anna Winters of Ashland  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1896-7):  B.F. Williams  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 January 1897, Vol. 13, No. 8]
  • Teacher (1923):  L.D. Reynolds  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Teacher (1/2/1930 - 1/29/1930):  Jessie Gages  [see:  Jan. Report '30]
  • Enumeration of Youth, 1932

Hickory Hall / Hickory Grove (School No. 6) - Weller Twp.

  • Teacher (1889):  "William O'Hearn closed his school at Hickory Hall, east of the city, yesterday, and today begins his duties as Deputy Clerk of Courts.  Miss Florence Bell succeeds Mr. O'Hearn as teacher at Hickory Hall."  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 February 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 39]
  • "Miss Mary Painter has accepted the position of infusing knowledge into the youth of Hickory Hall the coming year.  Residents of the Hickory Hall district are to be congratulated in securing such an able instructor."  -- The Mansfield Herald:  05 May 1899, Vol. 15, No. 60
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  L.J. Guthrie  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1898):  Nora V. Wells of Adario  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  30 December 1898, Vol. 14, No. 107]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1899):  Mary Painter  [Mansfield News:  05 May 1899]

Hickory Hall (School No. 7) - Madison Twp.

  • At the northwest corner of State Route 39 and Hickory Lane
  • 1901 - Some students attending this school were:  Willard Hess, Floyd Hess, Ruby Balliet, Boyd Balliet, Jessie Roadpouch, Frank Painter and Clinton Painter.  [Mansfield News:  08 June 1901, Vol. 17, No. 84]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  G.W. McFarland  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  25 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  W.H. Hoover  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  G.W. McFarland  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7]
  • Director (1896):  S.L. Balliett  -- Elected for a three-year term [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  18 April 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 49]
  • Teacher (1923):  Pearl Steffey  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]

Hog Back / Hogback  (School No. 2) - Bloominggrove Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Spring Term - 1896):  Walter Terman  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  28 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 46]
  • Teacher (Summer Term - 1896):  Jennie Huston  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]

Honey Creek School (School No. 4) - Jefferson Twp.


Hopewell / Hastings School (School No. 4) - Monroe Twp.

  • Located in Pleasant Valley
  • Hopewell School Students, 1926
  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1886):  Jeremiah Tucker  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 December 1886, Vol. LXIX, No. 30 (marked 20)]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1889):  Mary Switzer.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1892):  Minnie Bowden [Richland Shield & Banner:  27 February 1892]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  Miss Oscia Mitchell  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Maude Shrack  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  Clark Smith  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  Arthur Leiter  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Maude Mowery  [Semi-Weekly News:  23 July 1897, Vol. 13, No. 59]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  Alfred C. Culler  [Semi-Weekly News:  10 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 73]
  • Teacher (1925):  Jennie Andrews  [source:  Rich. Co. Annual, 1925]

Houts School (School No. 8) - Springfield Twp.


Huntsman School (School No. 3) - Perry Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Photo
  • Teacher (Summer Term 1889):  Rena Ruhl  [source:  Independent-Star (Bellville):  06 July 1889, Vol. 2, No. 12]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1898):  Dora Shafer  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  26 August 1898, Vol. 14, No. 71]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1894):  Nellie Harrington  [source:  Mansfield News:  27 February 1894, Vol. IX, No. 310]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1902):  J.W. Hendershot  [Bellville Messenger:  04 April 1902, Vol. X, No. 14]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  Chas. P. Zeger  [Bellville Messenger:  30 October 1903, Vol. 11, No. 43]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1906):  Bessie Maxwell  [Bellville Messenger:  13 July 1906, Vol. 14, No. 24]
  • Teacher (1922-23):  Florence McFerren  [source:  Souvenir School Booklet & Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Teacher (1923-24):  Ruth L. Brown  [source:  Souvenir School Booklet]
  • Teacher (1926):  Florence McFerren  [source:  Souvenir School Booklet, 1926]
  • Class List, 1922-23
  • Class List, 1923-24
  • Class List, 1926
  • Junior-Senior Banquet Card, 5/22/1931 (with student names)

Hurricane Deck

  • aka:  Andrews' District School  [Richland Star:  20 November 1879, Vol. III, No. 8]
  • near Independence  [Bellville Star:  05 March 1885, Vol. 8, No. 23]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1879):  Phil. Traxler  [Richland Star:  20 November 1879, Vol. III, No. 8]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1885):  Mary A. Swank [Bellville Star:  05 March 1885, Vol. 8, No. 23]


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