Poplar Grove, Phoneton, OH

We are assuming this is a school due to its appearance.  Built in 1888, it is about 1/10 mile north of US40 on state highway 202, west side.  If you have information about this building, please comment or send an email

Photographed 5/16/18

Mad River Sub-District #7, Rocky Point (Reeder’s School)

Located east of Enon at 3928 Old Mill Rd.  Built ca. 1860, it was used as both a school and a church. The school closed closed in 1873 and then reopened as a Sunday School in 1875, and closed again in 1903, and reopened later that summer.  When it closed as a school in 1920, Rocky Point Sunday school, which had been holding services there,  purchased it, enlarged it and remodeled it as Rocky Point Chapel.

Photographed 4/16/17

Snyderville School

This small hamlet is NE of Enon, north of I-70.  At the NE corner of Snyderville Rd and Hartman Rd, the school was red-brick, but is now sided and used as a residence. 

This first photo is of the north side:

Photographed 4/17/17

Mad River Sub-District #2, Center School

Built ca. 1880.  East of Enon on Rebert Pike, .15 mile east of Hagan Rd, south side facing north.  Now used for storage.

Photographed 4/16/17

Mad River Sub-District #6, Oakland School

NE of Enon, on the north side of Dayton-Springfield Rd, at address 5218 - 2nd house east of Fowler Rd.  Replaced an older building.  Now converted as a residence.

Photographed 4/16/17

Mad River Sub-District #5, Spread Eagle School (Spangler School)

North of Fairborn, This school is West of I-675 at 9812 Haddix Rd.  Now used as a residence.

Photographed on 4/16/17

Mad River Sub. Dist. #1, Boone Station

West of Springfield, at the NW corner of Dayton-Springfield Rd and Old Mill Rd.  Two-room school built in 1870.  Now used as a church, with additions.

Photographed 4/17/17

Mad River Sub-District #4, Maple Grove School

This is the brick school in Enon, OH, which started our whole hobby of photographing schools.  This photograph was graciously provided by the Enon Historical Society. 

Also known as the Shellabarger School (as Jill knew it), it was on the southwest corner of Stine Rd and the Enon-Xenia Pike, facing west.

We have no information as to when it was built (c. 1870?) or when it was closed.  It was demolished some time in the 1980s.

The following photos of the school site were taken on 4/16/17.
This photo is looking south-southeast:

This is looking east, and when you look at enlarged versions, the roof of a house in the back is also seen in the original photo.

Looking south:

Springfield Township, OH

On 5/23/05, we visited my aunt near South Vienna.  She lives on Old Columbus Road, on which we found this school on the NE corner of Grant Rd, east of Springfield.  The stone above the door reads:  "Sub. Dist. No. 3, 1862, Springfield Township."

Madison Township #10, Butler County, OH

On 5/22/05, our route to Middletown, OH from Interstate 70 at the Indiana/Ohio border took us down US35 to Eaton, when we picked up State Route 122.  This school was on SR122 a few miles northwest of Middletown, 1.2 miles NW of the junction with SR744, at the NW corner of SR122 and Gingrich Road.  The stone above the entrance reads, "Dist. No. 10, 1892."

Salem Township, OH

The second school found on 3/8/05 was this one northeast of Urbana on Ohio State Route 296, just west of OH SR 814, on the south side of the road.  The stone above the door says, "Sub. Dist. No. 1, Salem Township, 1888."  Photos were shot from the car and ended up a bit tilted.

Wayne Township, OH

Photographed on 3/8/05, this school is northeast of Urbana on the Urbana-Woodstock Road, just east of Mutual-Union Road, on the south side of the road.  The stone above the door says, "District #12, Wayne Township, 1887."

East of Cambridge, OH

This was the last school we found on the National Road in Ohio.  It is on an old brick section named Peacock Road, east of Cambridge.  It has been preserved, and semi-restored when we shot the photo.

Hendrysburg, OH

This school also had a stage at the back end, but no one has preserved this building.  The front was so overgrown that I had to crawl between the bushes to shoot the front door.  This school is in Hendrysburg, OH.

Great Western School, St. Clairsville, OH

This school is massive, as well as very impressive.  This is the 1870 Great Western School west of St. Clairsville, OH.  It was used until 1952. It has been restored, and the far end has a stage.  The original road bed was down where the school is, which shows how much building up of the road took place to get it to its current elevation.  I took the photos from the road.