This historic old schoolhouse made from fieldstones sits in Otsego County northwest of Gaylord. From what I found out it is known as Shaff School.
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This two-story wooden school stands in downtown Douglas. It was constructed in 1866 and is one of Michigan’s oldest union schools. In 1843, the state of Michigan adopted a law authorizing separate school districts, located within a township that contained a city or village, to merge into a “union” district. Districts 3 and 4 of Saugatuck Township merged into a union district and used the school building which stands to this day. It had one female and one male teacher when it opened for the first school year. The school closed in 1957 and the bell was removed and hung in the new elementary school. In the 1960s the building was converted into apartments. In 2007, the Saugatuck Douglas Historical Society acquired the building and substantially renovated it, turning it into the Old School House History Center.
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Driving around the farm fields east of Shepherd I came across this old building which looked like a schoolhouse or church or township hall or maybe all the above. I took a few pics and then when I got back home I looked it up on google and found out it was in the township of Coe which was named after Lieutenant Governor George A. Coe in 1855.
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This large brick building stands in the small town of Clifford near the base of the Thumb. Years ago it was built as a high school. It closed in the 70s and is now used as a library.
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This little pink schoolhouse stands in Bicentennial Park in the city of Mason. The school was built in 1854, and moved to its current location in 1976. The exact reason why the school is pink is unknown. One of the predominant theories is that red paint was donated, but there was not enough to paint the entire building. It was mixed with white paint turning it into a pink hue but creating enough to paint the entire school.
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I saw this old blue building east of Gaylord on M-32. From what I found doing a little research, is that it was once a school and a township hall. Now it stands along the road and watches traffic pass by. I thought it was interesting that it was painted blue, or at least it was at one time. Most of the schools I see are white or red.
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I saw this old schoolhouse south of Standish. according to Google Maps it shows the town of Worth nearby so maybe this was the school for the town in its heyday. It looks like someone is in the process of fixing it up. It’s just another old country schoolhouse that I have found but don’t know anything about it.
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This is or at least was the old Brownsville School on Cass County. It closed in the 1950s and is now part of someone’s farm. I can’t figure out want the corrugated metal is for that surrounds the outside of the building through the center of the windows. Maybe it was converted into a henhouse or something but I really don’t know.
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This little red schoolhouse in Hamlin Township near Eaton Rapids was built in 1873. Because of its proximity to the Tri-County Electrical Cooperative formed in 1938, it was one of the first rural schools to receive electricity. The school closed in the 1970s but has not strayed to far from its roots. It is now used as a private children’s preschool
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This old brick schoolhouse stands alongside the road south of Ludington. The stone above the door reads: School District No. 3 1913 Summit Tp. It looks as if it has been a while since pupils were taught in this century-old building, But I am thinking it has not been abandoned since it has a new roof.
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