Schools of Ilasco - 1904 to 1962 ~ Ilasco, MO
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YoSam.
N 39° 40.278 W 091° 18.575
15S E 644986 N 4392641
None of the school building are currently standing. The foundation for the high school is still in the wooded area south of the Methodist Church, but nothing else. My photo of the foundation was destroyed by a misguided cup of coffee.
Waymark Code: WMP1D0
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 06/09/2015
Views: 6
County of marker: Ralls County
Location of marker: MO 79, Ilasco
Marker erected by: Their Descendants
Date marker erected: October 1999
Marker text:
SCHOOLS OF ILASCO
1904 - 1945 New Marble Creek Grade School
1914 - 1962 Ilasco Grade School
1917 - 1942 Slovak Lutheran School
1926 - 1935 Stillwell Addition Grade School
1926 - 1959 Ilasco High School
The Romanian Hall, Ilasco Baptist Mission Church and Ukrainian Orthodox Church basement were also used for public schools in different years during the early 1900's.
"ILASCO, MO - The high school, a concrete stucco building with a full basement, was begun in 1925. It was occupied by October 1926. The upstairs consisted of three classrooms and the principals office; half of the basement was used as a classroom, the remainder for restroom facilities and the coal fired furnace."
~ Hannibal Free Public Library
"ILASCO was created in 1903. Large numbers of Romanian, Slovak, Italian, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Polish, Croatian and other immigrants joined native-born residents drawn here by jobs at the Atlas Portland Cement Plant. ILASCO through its churches, schools, folklore, languages, fraternal socities, cuisines and daily life, left a rich working-class culture heritage that made it unique in Missouri. The community's name is an acronym for some of the cement manufacturing ingredients (Iron, Lime, Alumina, Silica, Calcium, and Oxygen). ILASCO was converted into a company town in 1921 and dissolved in 1963." ~ Ilasco Historical Marker, Dedicated October, 1999