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 Bancroft's First School - 232
N 42° 43.176 W 111° 53.120
12T E 427510 N 4730057
This Daughters of Utah Pioneers historical marker documents the towns first school house. The marker is located at 100 South Main Street in Bancroft, Idaho.
Waymark Code: WMHX57
Location: Idaho, United States
Date Posted: 08/22/2013
Views: 4
Situated on the northeast corner of 100 South and Main Street, outside the City Hall, this historical marker tells of the first school built in 1894. The marker reads:
DAUGHTERS OF UTAH PIONEERS
No. 232
ERECTED 1956
BANCROFT'S FIRST SCHOOL
ONE BLOCK WEST FROM THIS SITE, IN 1894, THE
PIONEERS OF THIS AREA ERECTED A SCHOOL
HOUSE BUILT OF RED BRICK MADE AND KILNED BY
THEM. IT WAS ONE ROOM, TWENTY-FIVE BY FORTY
FEET. GUSS ERICKSON LAID THE BRICK. FIRST
TEACHERS WERE EDITH TOWNSEND AND NATHAN
BARLOW. IN 1907 THE SCHOOL WAS SOLD TO THE
L.D.S. CHURCH AND ADDITIONAL ROOMS BUILT. IT
WAS USED AS A PLACE OF WORKSHIP UNTIL 1930.
THE BELL HUNG IN A TOWER OF THE SCHOOL
HOUSE AND CALLED THE PEOPLE TO SCHOOL,
CHURCH, AND OTHER ASSEMBLIES. WHEN THE
BUILDING WAS RAZED IN 1945 THE BELL WAS
GIVEN TO THE DAUGHTERS OF UTAH PIONEERS
CAMP LOUIE
CAMP ALICE ASTON CARIBOU COUNTY, IDAHO
Bancroft is situated in the north end of the Portneuf Valley. It is a railroad town along the alignment of the old Highway 30. The population of Bancroft in the 2010 census was 377. Bancroft is located northwest of Soda Springs and northeast of Lava Hot Springs in Caribou County.
Marker Name: Bancroft's First School
Marker Number: 232
Marker Text:
BANCROFT'S FIRST SCHOOL
ONE BLOCK WEST FROM THIS SITE, IN 1894, THE
PIONEERS OF THIS AREA ERECTED A SCHOOL
HOUSE BUILT OF RED BRICK MADE AND KILNED BY
THEM. IT WAS ONE ROOM, TWENTY-FIVE BY FORTY
FEET. GUSS ERICKSON LAID THE BRICK. FIRST
TEACHERS WERE EDITH TOWNSEND AND NATHAN
BARLOW. IN 1907 THE SCHOOL WAS SOLD TO THE
L.D.S. CHURCH AND ADDITIONAL ROOMS BUILT. IT
WAS USED AS A PLACE OF WORKSHIP UNTIL 1930.
THE BELL HUNG IN A TOWER OF THE SCHOOL
HOUSE AND CALLED THE PEOPLE TO SCHOOL,
CHURCH, AND OTHER ASSEMBLIES. WHEN THE
BUILDING WAS RAZED IN 1945 THE BELL WAS
GIVEN TO THE DAUGHTERS OF UTAH PIONEERS.
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