Pioneer School
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N 42° 16.388 W 084° 57.705
16T E 668082 N 4682114
Quick Description: Located on the north side of Mansion Street between Grand and Eagle Streets. Streetside parking available.
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 3/12/2007 7:38:05 PM
Waymark Code: WM1A9A
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Long Description:The city of Marshall was platted in 1830 by Sidney Ketchum, a land
speculator from Clinton County, New York. In 1832 townsfolk erected
their first public building, a modest frame schoolhouse, on land
donated by Isaac E. Crary, who became one of the fathers of the
Michigan public school system. During its early years, the
schoolhouse also served as a church for three denominations, the
circuit court of Calhoun County and, during the cholera epidemic, a
hospital.
(SIDE TWO) In 1833, Marshall's first village officials were
elected at a meeting held in the pioneer schoolhouse. The building
served the community as a school until 1843. William Venn built a
house on this property in the early 1860s and moved the old
schoolhouse to the rear of the lot. There it was used as a barn.
The schoolhouse was demolished in 1871 when the First Presbyterian
Church purchased the property for a manse. The church sold the
property in 1880 and repurchased it in 1914.
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