Gerding School Bell Tower - Franklin County, MO
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YoSam.
N 38° 34.372 W 091° 14.123
15S E 653721 N 4270855
Old one room school, once on the family farm, no locked up and abandoned...
Waymark Code: WM13H4E
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 12/15/2020
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County of school: Franklin County
Location of school: Gerding School Rd. & Bouef Lutheran Rd., 6 miles S. of New Haven
Built: around 1870s
You can see the bell in the tower. The slats are broken in a couple places, allowing you vision to sneak through.
Not a big tower, but got the job done, this bell, when it raqnd, would have sounded all across the farms for many miles.
There is little, if almost nothing, on the web about this school or the building.
The link below locates the historic structure.
There are no signs of any kind.
Did find this:
"Since then he has been a member of the school board. March, 1877, he married Miss Anna, daughter of Christian H. and Louisa Gerding, and a native of Boeuf Township. Four children were born to this marriage: Alfred A. S., A. L. A., Frederick William Herman and Anna. Mrs. Altheide was educated in Colorado, and was for several years a successful teacher. Our subject, since his marriage, has resided on the old home place, situated five miles southwest of New Haven, and this consists of 183 acres, all the result of diligent labor and successful financiering. Mr. Altheide is an honest worker for the cause of education and the general upbuilding of the country, and for the comfort and advancement of his family." ~ Genealogy Trails