Thank you, Lynette Webber (NPS Calumet Visitor Center) for all your help in locating one-room schools in the greater Keweenaw Peninsula vicinity. I am looking forward to a return visit to this area and hunting the rest of them down!
Also, I wish to extend my thanks to LuAnn Hayrynen of Houghton County Equalization Department for her assistance in confirming and identifying some of the one-room schools.
Paradise
School (circa 1890)
LOCATION: 42989 Paradise Road, Chassel
From US-41 north of Chassel turn west onto Massie Road for about 2
miles to Paradise Road. The school is on the southwest corner of
Paradise Road (aka C-102) and Upper Massie Road.
Current Use: Vacant
Pike River School (1910-193)
LOCATION:
39487 Pike River Road, near Chassel
From
US-41 in Chassel, turn west on 5th Street – which
becomes Chassel-Painesdale Road (aka C-540) and go for about 2 miles
to Paradise Road. Turn south on Paradise Road for 2-3 miles. The
school will be on the west side of the road at the intersection of
Lower Pike Road and Pike River Road.
Current
Use: Vacant
Liminga School (1911-1958)
LOCATION: 14010
Liminga Rd, Atlantic Mine (Houghton)
From Houghton go north on Canal Road to Liminga Road - turn west for about 2.5 miles – the school is on the north side of the road
Current Use: Stanton Township Hall
Unknown School
LOCATION: 9966 East Lake
13 Road (about 2-3 miles south of Sidnaw)
According to locals, they had
family who attended school here at this log structure. Perhaps it was used as a temporary school because records at the Houghton County Assessor's Office indicate
it has always been a private residence.
Current Use: Private Residence
If you know anything about this building being used as a school, please leave a comment following this post.
Vandenplas-Bennett School (1923)
LOCATION: 9870 East Lake
13 Road, Sidnaw
According to Houghton County Assessing Records, this
one-room school was built using the lumber of the second school in Sidnaw which
was built in 1898-99.
Current Use: Private Residence
Salo
School (1905-1945)
LOCATION:
54351 N Salo Road, Hancock
From
Hancock, take US-41 to Lake Anne Road (aka H-15) which turns into
Salo Road. The school is on the left side of the road between
Mattson Road and H-14 near Lily Creek.
Current Use: Privately Owned
Jacobsville School
LOCATION:
27260 East Red Rock Road, Jacobsville
8
Grade School
Current
Use: Community Heritage Center
Sarazin School
LOCATION:
47452 North Bootjack Road in Torch Lake Township
Current
Use: Privately Owned
While
we were photographing the school, a woman stopped by and said her
family (I believe an uncle) owned the school. She provided the name
“Sarazin” but did not know much more than that.
Onnela School (1910-1942)
LOCATION:
14371 Coles Creek Road, Atlantic Mine in Stanton Township
Current
Use: Privately Owned – perhaps storage building
McKinley School (1904-1930's)
LOCATION:
Houghton County Historical Museum, 53150 M-26
,
Lake Linden
Current
Use: Building was dismantled in 1964 but the school bell was donated
to (and is on display) at the Houghton County Historical Museum
Complex in Lake Linden
Trap
Rock Valley
School (1914-1940)
LOCATION: Houghton
County Historical Museum, 53150 M-26
, Lake Linden
Current Use: Museum - part of the Houghton County Historical Museum Complex in Lake Linden.
