Little Red Schoolhouse - Willow Springs, IL - One-Room Schoolhouses on Waymarking.com

In the summer of 1938, the school was moved about 2/3rds of a mile down 99th St. to a new site on 104th Ave. In 1952, the Forest Preserve District bought the building as well as its original site (1.6 acres) for $600. It was moved across 104th Ave.

The “Little Red Schoolhouse” is part of the historic past of Palos Hills in which it is more or less centrally located. It was built in 1886 to replace a one-room log cabin school — the first school building of the area. The Little Red Schoolhouse was originally located a little north of where old 99th Street joins the Black oak Trail. Country lanes used by its former students still can be seen and enjoyed by hikers. In 1932 the school house was moved to Boy Scout Camp Kiwanis. The actual moving was done by a local resident with only one mule and log rollers. Classes continued in this building until 1948. In 1952 it was moved to Its present site. In 1955 Its doors reopened as a school — unique and always interesting. For, in place of the three R’s, fascinating stories are told to children and grown-ups who visit here, stories about forest preserve plants and animals and the earth of which they live.

Original or Re-creation?: Re-located Original Year the school first opened.: 07/01/1886 Year the school closed.: 07/01/1948 Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no Address: 9800 Willow Springs Road Willow Springs, IL USA 60480 Web Address (if available): [Web Link] Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no

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