FIRST - Public school in Dillard, MO
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YoSam.
N 37° 43.124 W 091° 12.417
15S E 658030 N 4176121
The town was here, but began to move a mile north to the railroad by 1900...
Waymark Code: WM1233R
Location: Missouri, United States
Date Posted: 02/14/2020
Views: 2
County of first: Crawford County
Location of first: CR-811 (Dillard Mill Rd.), now Dillard Mill State Historic Site
Location of marker gravel path at edge of mill pond, off Old Dillard Mill Rd., Dillard Mill State Historic Site
marker erected by: Missouri Department of Natural Resources
Marker text:
Dillard Schoolhouse
The first public school in Dillard was located in this vicinity. Pictured here as it appeared in 1898, this one-room, frame school was washed away in a flood. Its replacement, completed in 1908, was relocated north of this area and was later destroyed by fire.
A third stone school burned in 1938 and was replaced by another built under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) during the Great Depression. The building was made of stone, sometimes called Ozark giraffe rock. It served the children of Dillard until consolidation with the Cherryville School, ten mile away. Though empty, this building still stands today and is visible from the road leading to Dillard Mill State Historic Site.
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