Origins

I grew up in a small Ohio town, and I rode the school bus from 1st through 12th grades. My bus ride always included a country road on which every school day we saw a one-room brick school house. (SW corner of Stine Rd and Enon-Xenia Pike). As the years went by, I watched this wonderful, familiar friend fall apart. After I married, the school really began to deteriorate. Every time we visited the area I would want to take a photo of the school, but never did. Finally, when we went specifically for the task, the school was gone. It was a huge loss for me and, since that time, whenever we pass a one-room school, it is a joy to stop to take a picture or two. Thus, our collection here and on our Iowa One Room Schools blog. :oD Jill

Thursday, October 19, 2017

Campton Township #1, Whitney School

Located at the SW corner of Old Burlington Rd and Wasco Rd in Wasco, IL, north of State Highway 64.  Built in 1852 and served until 1906 when it was consolidated with two other schools to the Wasco Elementary School, a 2-story brick school (demolished and replaced in 1965).  Erica Ruggiero provided the following historical information: "The function of the Whitney schoolhouse between 1906 and the mid-1930s remains unknown. As early as the Great Depression, the schoolhouse had been converted into a residence with two bedrooms, a living room, bathroom, and kitchen area, and it remained as a residence until the 1980s.  Since then, the schoolhouse has sat vacant and has fallen into a state of disrepair. It is the second oldest known and intact one-room schoolhouse in Northeastern Illinois, and the oldest one-room schoolhouse in Kane County and Campton Township.” 
Photographed 10/17/17
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