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Adario (School No. 5) - Butler Twp.

  • Section 19
  • Olivesburg-Fitchville Rd., RFD #2, Greenwich [source:  Richland County Farm and Business Directory, 1950-51-52]
  • Opened 15 September 1924 with eleven pupils (three sophomores and eight freshmen) using the Township Hall in Adario, as a two-year high school.  [source:  Rich. Co. Annual, 1925]
  • School Bldg., 1925
  • Students
  • Teacher (1923):  M.K. Wells  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]
  • Teachers (1952-1959):  Mrs. Miller, 3rd. & 4th.;  Mr. Queer, 5th. & 6th. grades;  Mr. Phillips, 7th. & 8th. grades and principal  [source:  Henry (partsman427@ec.rr.com)]
  • Principal (1925):  Charles Kirkwood
  • Principal (1926):  Paul M. Eberhart
  • Board of Education, 1925

Alta

  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Lee Carter  [Mansfield News:  06 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 317]

Amish Schoolhouse - Butler Twp.

Amoy (School No. 5) - Franklin Twp.

Appleseed Middle School - Cline Ave. - Mansfield - DEMOLISHED (Summer, 2004)
  • fka:  Johnny Appleseed Junior High School
  • aka:  Johnny Appleseed Middle School
  • 314 Cline Ave., Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Beginning in the Fall of 1989, the building began operating as a 9th. grade building for the city's high school
  • City's Junior High Schools Mark 30th. Year (Appleseed and Simpson)  [.pdf]
  • Demolished in the summer of 2004
  • Property sold in June, 2007  [Mansfield News Journal:  12 July 2007]
  • Sculpture (moved to Malabar Middle School property, W. Cook Road, Mansfield)
  • Photograph
  • Principal (1958):  Fred C. Zumsteg  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Ralph Smith  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]
Auburn Elementary School - Shelby
  • Location Map
  • 109 Auburn Ave., Shelby, Ohio 44875
  • Part of the Shelby City School District

Beam Road School (School No. 3) - Springfield Twp.

  • Teacher (1896):  T.G. Stone  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  H.M. Cook   [Semi-Weekly News:  26 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 17]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Cora Cotter  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Blanch Case  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  01 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 26]

Beech Grove / Skunk's Misery (School No. 6) - Butler Twp.

  • Section 36
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  Andrew Glenn [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  01 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 12]

Beech Grove (School No. 3) - Cass Twp.

  • Located in Section 35
  • Teacher (1895):  Austin Fickes  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 November 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1896):  Carry Dudley   [Semi-Weekly News:  13 November 1896, Vol. 12, No. 92]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Kopp  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  01 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. Chancy Horr.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  11 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Beech Grove (School No. 5) - Corsica, Sandusky Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Fall, 1887):  S.A. Walker.  [source:  Mansfield Weekly News:  03 November 1887, Vol. 3, No. 51]
  • Teacher (1896):  F.C. Snyder  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]
  • Summer Term Teacher (1896):  Harry Finney [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 February 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 41]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Carry Dudly [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  20 June 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  B.C. Lewis  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 17]
  • Teacher (1897 - Summer Term):  Mary Cantwell  [Semi-Weekly News:  19 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 15]

Beech Grove (School No. 2) - Springfield Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (1896):  Lulu Dickerson  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1896):  Byron Lewis  [Semi-Weekly News:  06 November 1896, Vol. 12, No. 90]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1897):  Byron Lewis  [Semi-Weekly News:  29 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 52]
  • B.C. Lewis  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]

Beer (School No. 13) - Madison Twp.

  • Located in Section 24

Bellview / Bellvue / Bellevue School (School No. 7) - Worthington Twp.

  • Located in the extreme northeastern corner of Section 33
  • Class Picture (date unknown, names unidentified) - In .pdf format
  • Class List (unknown date)
  • Bellview - Student List, 1910-1911
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  Mollie Swank  [source:  Worthington Enterprise:  19 June 1890, Vol. II, No. 29]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1890):  Jonathan Kramer  [Worthington Enterprise:  06 November 1890, Vol. II, No. 49]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Meda Simmons  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  E.A. Bell  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- Ora McCullough [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898) -- E.A. Bell  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  18 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  H.L. Berry  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1902):  Arthur Mohn   [Bellville Messenger:  21 March 1902, Vol. X, No. 12]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  Chas. Dean  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher, 1905 -- W.N. Kramer  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906):  J.C. Robinson  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]
  • Teacher (1923):  D.A. Spayde  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]

Bellville Elementary School       

Bellville High School - Bellville

Bennajah Boardman School - Cass Twp.

  • Was one of the first schools in Cass Twp., held classes in a dwelling across from the Old Salem Church.  The cabin had been owned by the first colored family of Cass Twp.  Besides Benajah Boardman, a Methodist minister, John Armstrong and Mr. Simpson also taught school in this cabin.
  • Located on the south side of the Savannah road.  [Bellville Messenger:  30 July 1903, Vol. 11, No. 30]

"Big Spring School No. 1"  Mansfield - Historical

  • Frame building erected in 1818, on a hill above the Big Spring
  • Razed after Civil War and replaced with the Bushnell (aka:  East Fourth Street SchooL)
  • On East Fourth Street  [Bellville Messenger:  13 November 1903, Vol. 11, No. 45]
  • "Bartley said a frame school was erected near the Big Spring and the school served for 20 years.  That was in 1818."  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Teacher, ???? -- Alexander Barr from Springfield Twp.  [Bellville Messenger:  13 November 1903, Vol. 11, No. 45]

Black Swamp School (School No. 5) - Worthington Twp. 

  • Hilderbrant Road, RFD #1, Butler  [source:  Richland County Farm and Business Directory, 1950-51-52 - listed as a vacant school building]
  • Location Map
  • Photograph - April, 1962
  • Teacher (Summer, 1887):  Burt Freehafer (son of Andy Freehafer)  [Bellville Star:  14 April 1887, Vol. 10, No. 29 and Richland Shield & Banner:  16 April 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 38]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1890):  Mr. Berry  [Worthington Enterprise:  20 November 1890, Vol. II, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  Dora Pritchard  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  "A peculiar state of affairs exist in the Black Swamp school district, which is of a very embarrassing nature to all concerned and at the same time the teacher is to be sympathized with on his failure to renew his certificate in time to allow him to finish the term of school which he was employed to teach.  The entire school had become very much attached to the young man and they all feel very sorry for him."  [Semi-Weekly News:  19 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  R.E. Darling  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1897):  H.L. Berry  [Semi-Weekly News:  19 November 1897, Vol. 13, No. 93]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- Miss Viola Richards [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  D.L. Garber  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  Zetta Lanehart  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher, 1905 -- Scott Pealer  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1905):  Ada Kramer  [Bellville Messenger:  10 March 1905, Vol. 13, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906):  W.W. Robinson  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]
  • Teacher (dates unknown):  Nelda Irene (Easterbrook) Ward  [source:  Obituary of Nelda Irene (Easterbrook) Ward, Mansfield News Journal, 01 March 2005]

Blackman School - Historical

"Blockhouse School" - Mansfield - Madison Twp.

  • Taught by Eliza Wolf(e).  School was kept in the upper story of the block house, while the lower story was occupied as a jail.  The building was eventually taken down, and the logs were purchased by Andrew Coffinberry to build a stable on his lot (corner of East Diamond and Fourth Street).  [Source:  The Mansfield Herald:  15 January 1885, Vol. 35, No. 9]  Eliza Wolf was a sister of John May's wife, and the mother of W.W. Drennan of Plymouth.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]  

Bloom Street School / West Bloom Street / Second Ward (aka:  West Fifth Street School) - Mansfield  - ** see:  West Fifth Street School

Blooming Grove Township Schools - Bloominggrove Twp.

  • School No. 1 ... see:  Ganges
  • School No. 2 ... see:  Hogback
  • School No. 3 ... see:  Paradise
  • School No. 4
  • School No. 5
    • Referred to as the "Shenandoah School" in 1870.  [source:  Bloominggrove Twp. Tax Map Records for 1870]
  • School No. 6 ... see:  Whitehall
  • School No. 7 ... see:  Pontiac
  • School No. 8 ... see:  Shenandoah
  • School No. 9 ... see:  Rome
  • Whippoorwill School
  • Fact Sheet & Students
  • Might have been a school named "Possum Hollow" in Bloominggrove Twp. (five miles south)  [Mansfield News:  22 February 1894]
  • Grant Aungst was the teacher during the Winter Term (1894) at "South School" which was identified as being in Bloominggrove Township.  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]

Bowman Street School / Second Ward School - Mansfield

  • aka:  Creveling / H.L. Creveling School - Name changed in 1950
  • Picture of School  [Mansfield & Richland County Directory, 1891]
  • 445 Bowman Street, Mansfield  [source:  Mansfield City Directory, 1908-09]
  • Picture of School
  • Picture of School
  • Photographs
  • Photo
  • Miss Longsdorf's 1st. Grade Class (ca. 1922-23)
  • Mansfield Teachers Elected, 1897
  • Miss Dann's 4th. Grade Class (ca. 1922)
  • Mansfield Grammar School Students Promoted to the High School, 1897
  • Principal (1898-99): H.L. Creveling, $85.  Also teaching A & B Grammar.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1898-99):  C Grammar, Mary Laird, $45;  D Grammar, Margaret Hayes, $45;  A Primary, Lida L. Smith, $40;  A Primary, Birda Etzwiler, $35;  B Primary, Ervilla Laughlin, $40;  B & C Primary, Lena Dorman, $40;  C Primary, Anna E. Jesson, $40;  D Primary, Cora Englebrecht, $45;  D Primary, Etta L. Bilestein, $45.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • German Teacher (1898):  Sophie Ruess, $40 (splitting time between this and the Bloom Street school).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Principal (first):  Sarah M. Marvin  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Principal (second):  Ed. Wiles  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Principal (1893-1927):  H.L. Creveling  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Principal (1927-1937):  Mr. Dotson  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Principal (1937-1941):  Mr. Harmony  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Principal (1941-1952):  Edward W. Kissel  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Janitor (1898):  J.G. Cairns, $55 [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • " ... school was enlarged in 1904 and gain in 1906.  In 1914 the Bowman grounds were enlarged and eight more rooms were added to the school."  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Note:  During the construction of the new school, students were scattered among three different buildings -- fifth and sixth graders were attending the old West Fifth Street School building, third and fourth graders were attending the H.L. Creveling building, and first and second graders were attending Brinkerhoff.  They were transported by bus to these schools.  [H.L. Creveling School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
Bricker School (School No. 4) - Jackson Twp.
  • Location Map
  • Section 23
  • Teacher (Winter, 1871-1872):  George W. Skiles (s/o John G.) at $40/month for 3¾ months.  There were 48 pupils enrolled.  [Shelby Independent News:  14 March 1872, Vol. 4, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Alice Barber  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Summer Term):  Vergie Kinsel.  [ichland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Winter Term):  S.S. Bricker.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  Samuel Bricker  [Mansfield Evening News:  24 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Clara Brown  [Mansfield Evening News:  10 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 30]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1891):  Clara Brown  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 April 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1896):  Sadie Greenfield  [Richland Shield & Banner:  25 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 37]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  George Bricker  [Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 16]
  • Teacher (1898):  William Shatzer  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield): 18 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 14]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  I.T. Bricker  [Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  11 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 93]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Hester Ann Miller.  [Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  16 pupils.  [Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Souvenir School Program, 1921-22
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)

Bridgeport School (School No. 7)  - Washington Twp.

  • Teacher (1872 - Winter Term)  Rufus Sears
  • Teacher (1872 - Summer Term)  Miss Mary Ferguson, teacher
  • Teacher (Summer, 1887):  Jennie Colwell of Yankeetown  [Richland Shield & Banner:  21 May 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 52]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Jennie Colwell  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1887):  R.B. Ray (birthday, Jan. 18th.)  [source:  Mansfield Weekly News:  29 September 1887, Vol. 3, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  R.B. Ray  [Richland Shield & Banner:  17 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 43]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1889):  R.B. Ray  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  26 January 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 36]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1891):  Charles Wiles  [Richland Shield & Banner:  28 March 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Courtney  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Ollie Dillon  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  O.M. Ray, Jr.  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Gertrude Stough  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Gertrude Stough  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • School gutted by fire on 01 April 1890  [source:  Mansfield Herald:  03 April 1890, Vol. 40, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1895):  Miss Allie Hamblin  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  09 March 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 43]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  J.B. Day
  • Students, 1887 - incomplete
  • Perfect Attendance List, 1897
  • Pioneer Singers - A singing group around 1901.  [Mansfield News:  12 June 1901, Vol. 17, No. 87]
  • Thursday.  Miss Etta Pierce requests the SHIELD to say for her that the charge that she whipped any scholar of the Bridgeport School in an unreasonable manner is not true and that the girls who make the complaint were guilty of disobedience of the rules of the school and defiance of the teacher's authority.  It is altogether likely the district will be required to pay Miss Pierce her salary for the full term, whether she is allowed to complete the term or not.  -- [Richland Shield & Banner:  12 June 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 4]
  • Monday.  The discharge of Miss Etta Pierce as teacher of the Bridgeport School, south of the city, is likely to lead to litigation, as the young lady has authorized her attorneys, Douglass & Douglass, to bring suit to recover her salary for the full term unless a settlement is made.  -- [Richland Shield & Banner:  12 June 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 4]
  • A defective flue caused the building to burn down in late March 1890.  The brick building was completely gutted, however the organ, books and portable furniture were all saved.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  29 March 1890, Vol. LXXII, No. 45]

Brinkerhoff Elementary School - Mansfield

  • Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, this building will be housing only 4th. through 6th. grades, drawing students mainly from the southwest section of the city.  (roughly bordered by West Fourth Street on the north, Sturges and Lexington Avenue on the east - extending out to the western and southern city limits)
  • 240 Euclid Ave., Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Six-Room Addition to the building dedicated October, 1957
  • Photographs
  • Miss Proctor's 1st. Grade Class
  • Miss Post's 2nd. Grade Class (ca. 1922)
  • Principal (1958):  G.W. Harmony  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Henry Sheets  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

British School (School No. 6) - Franklin Twp.

Buena Vista School (School No. 1) - Mifflin Twp. - Historical

  • Location Map
  • East of Mansfield  [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 August 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 11]
  • School Director elected (1890):  R.L. Kagey  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  24 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 42]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  Joseph B. Zehner  [Mansfield Evening News:  13 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Feb., 1894):  N.W. Tucker  [source:  Bellville Independent:  08 February 1894, Vol. 6, No. 39]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1895):  Miss Suzie Beal of Mansfield  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1896):  Edward Boyer [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 February 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 41]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Edward Boyer  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  05 Septembr 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 17]
  • Teacher (1923):  Joseph V. Yohn  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]

Bunker Hill School (School No. 1) - Jackson Twp.

  • Located in Section 2
  • Struck by lightning in early June, 1891, causing only slight damage to the building, and no injury or loss of life.  -- [Richland Shield & Banner:  06 June 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 3]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1871-1872):  Jeremiah "Jerry" Drake (son of John, one of the oldest settlers of Jackson Twp.).  Taught for 4 months, at $40/month.  There were 54 enrolled pupils.  [Shelby Independent News:  14 March 1872, Vol. 4, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Miss Crabbs  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Summer Term):  Effie Saltsgaber.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Winter Term):  O. Baker.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1890):  Mary Barr  [Richland Shield & Banner:  26 April 1890, Vol. LXXII, No. 49]
  • Teacher (1896):  Miss Miller  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  25 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 37]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Wesley St. John  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Carrie Swanger  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  01 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. John Hyde.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  24 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1923):  Mary L. Strine  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]
  • Link to additional information (external link)

Bushnell Elementary School / Third Ward School / East Fourth Street School - Mansfield

  • Named for Dr. Bushnell, a prominent local citizen
  • Built in 1869  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Classroom photo
  • Photograph
  • On East Fourth Street between North Adams and Elm Streets
  • Closed 1950.
  • According to some sources, this building was razed in 1950, but one former student contacted me recently who attended classes in this building from 1949 to 1952.  According to him, the building was still in active use up until at least the end of the 1951-1952 school year.  [RKP October, 2007]
  • Razed to make way for the postal annex building [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • East of Water Street - from Third to Fourth [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Constructed following the Civil War to replace Big Spring School No. 1, which had served the area since 1818
  • Principal (1881-82):  Miss P.C. Randall [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Teachers (1881-82):  C & D Grammar No. 4, Miss P.C. Randall;  A Secondary No. 4, Miss Rebecca Ritchie;  B Secondary No. 5, Miss Mary Lawson;  A Primary No. 4, Miss Nellie Miller;  B Primary No. 4, Miss Mary Aberle;  A Primary No. 5, Miss Ida S. Barr  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82]
  • Picture of School  [Mansfield & Richland County Directory, 1891]
  • Principal (1898-99):  Mary M. Trimble, $80.  Also teaching A & B Grammar.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1898-99):  C Grammar, Caroline Lampert, $45;  D Grammar, Ida Fitger, $45;  A Primary, Louise Thompson, $40;  B Primary, Mary Soyez, $35;  C Primary, Rebecca Grubaugh, $40;  D Primary, Adeline Underwood, $45;  D Primary, Dorothy Waugh, $45.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • From the 1920's to the 1930's the school housed the "Opportunity School" where boys learned the fundamentals of arithmetic, reading and manual arts and girls were taught practical homemaking courses
  • German Teacher (1898):  Mrs. Mary Untiet, $45 (splitting time between this and the Newman Street school).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1887-1888):  Principal and teacher of A and B grammar No. 4, Miss Mary M. Trimble;  C and D grammar No. 6, Miss R.D.B. Holeywell;  C and D grammar No. 7, Miss Mary Aberle;  A and B secondary No. 5, Miss Harriet Haynes;  A and B secondary No. 6, Miss Nettie Cassell;  A primary No. 5 Miss Callie Lampert;  B primary No. 6, Miss Mollie Mowry;  B primary No. 7, Miss Mary H. Wiley.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 June 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 3]
  • Janitor (1898):  F.R. Taylor, $50 [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Mansfield Teachers Elected, 1897

Butler Elementary School  (external link)

  • 125 College Street, Butler, Ohio 44822
  • Photograph, 1908
  • Teacher (1923 - 3rd. & 4th. Grades):  Mabel Yarger  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1 & Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]

Butler High School 

Butler Township Schools - Butler Twp.

  • School No. 1 ... see:  Patterson
  • School No. 2 ... see:  Lone Elm / Rumpus  [Rumpussburg]
  • School No. 3 ... see:  Red Haw
  • School No. 4 ... see:  Murray
  • School No. 5 ... see:  Adario
  • School No. 6 ... see:  Beech Grove / Skunk's Misery
  • School No. 7 ... see:  Whitehall

Cairns School (School No. 5) - Jackson Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter, 1871-1872):  James Stewart, resident of Madison Twp., at $37/month.  There were 38 pupils enrolled.  [Shelby Independent News:  14 March 1872, Vol. 4, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1886):  Frank Donnelson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  25 December 1886, Vol. LXIX, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1886):  Anna Robinson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1887):  Anna Robinson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Anna Robinson / Roberson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Summer Term):  Ada Barr.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Winter Term):  J.D. Lantz.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1889):  Ida Barr.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  27 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 10]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1889):  Judson Lantz  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 November 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Miss Barr  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  10 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 30]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1891):  Ida Sipe  [Richland Shield & Banner:  04 April 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1896):  Ida Sipe  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  25 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 37]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Florence "Flossie" Hartman  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  07 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Frank Dent  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Eva O'Hearn.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  11 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Carpenter / Frank G. Carpenter Elementary School - Mansfield

  • Will CLOSE at the end of the 2006-2007 school year
  • 71 Carpenter Rd., Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Photographs
  • Principal (1961):  G.W. Harmony  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Carter School (School No. 9) - Springfield Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Miss Iva Griffith's Class (ca. 1923)
  • Another photo of Miss Iva Griffith's Class (ca. 1923)
  • A third photo of Miss Iva Griffith's Class (ca. 1923)
  • A classroom in Carter School, Jan., 1923
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1897):  Mr. Fighter  [Semi-Weekly News:  29 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 52]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Miss Alice Palmer.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Jessie George  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Teacher (1923):  Iva Griffith  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1 & Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]]
  • The school had to be closed for a time in February of 1895, due to such a number of children being down with the measles.  [source:  Bellville Independent:  07 February 1895, Vol. 7, No. 38]
  • Alta.  Sunday School was organized at Carter's school house.  Treasurer, Mrs. W. Carter;  Secretary, Grace Tinkey;  Assistant Secretary, Edith Taylor;  Organist, Clara Marlow;  Assistant Organist, Myrtle Gibson;  Janitor, Walter Taylor.  Sunday school at 3 p.m., standard time.  [Semi-Weekly News:  23 April 1897, Vol. 13, No. 33]

Carterville School - Near Alta  [Mansfield News:  02 May 1901, Vol. 17, No. 49]

  • Teacher (May, 1901):  Boyd Crouch  [Mansfield News:  02 May 1901, Vol. 17, No. 49]

Cass Twp. School - Cass Twp.

  • Was the first schoolhouse built in Cass Twp., built in 1819, on Section 9. 
  • The first teacher was A.D. Bodley

Cass Township Schools

  • School No. 1 
    • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. Ronald Howard.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
    • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  12 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • School No. 2 ... see:  Old Cranberry
  • School No. 3 ... see:  Beech Grove / Beach Grove
  • School No. 4 ... see:  London
  • School No. 5 ... see:  Center School
  • School No. 6
    • Location Map
    • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. Miss Abbie Griffeth.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
    • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  21 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

** Al Wierman was a teacher in one of the Cass Twp. schools during the 1896 school year.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  28 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 46]

Cave School - see:  Pleasant Valley / Cave School (School No. 8) - Worthington Twp. 

Center (School No. 5) - Cass Twp.

  • Located in Section 15
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)
  • "Mr. Edward Koenigshoeffer ... opens a German School in Center School ..."  [Shelby Independent News:  20 June 1872, Vol. 4, No. 34]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Ruth Pittenger.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  12 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Center Grove School (School No. 6) - Jefferson Twp.

Center Hall (School No. 3) - Mifflin Twp.

  • Teacher (Summer 1895):  Miss Ollie Grabill  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  02 March 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 42]
  • Teacher (Fall 1895):  William T. Hursh  [Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  06 July 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 8]
  • School Director elected (1890):  C. Wolf  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  24 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 42]

Center Hall (School No. 8) - Monroe Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Spring, 1883):  Florence Craven  [source: THE BELLVILLE STAR (Bellville, Richland, Ohio): 12 April 1883, Vol. VI, No. 28]
  • Teacher (Winter/Spring, 1887):  Hattie Baughman   [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 January 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 23]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  Minnie Harter  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  19 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 11]
  • Teacher (1895-1896 school year):  W.O. Wiles  [Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  01 February 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 38]
  • George Balliett, teacher (1889 Spring Term)  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  23 March 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 44]
  • Teacher (1893 Winter Term):  Charles Blust.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  11 November 1893, Vol. LXXVI, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Alta Culler  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  W.O. Wiles  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  W.O. Wiles  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Eva Tucker  [Semi-Weekly News:  23 July 1897, Vol. 13, No. 59]
  • Teacher (1898):  W.O. Wiles  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  07 January 1898, Vol. 14, No. 2]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1902):  E.A. Bell  [Bellville Messenger:  23 May 1902, Vol. X, No. 21]

Center Hall / Center Hill (School No. 6) - Washington Twp.

  • Location Map
  • John H. Horn, teacher (1872 - Winter Term)
  • Miss Maggie McGuire, teacher (1872 - Summer Term)
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  William Smith
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Mr. Hendrickson  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Etta Tucker  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  J.F. Dill  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- Mrs. I. Aungst [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  J.F. Dill  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  J.F. Dill  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Roster of Pupils, 1907-1908  (external link)
  • Roster of Pupils, 1911-1912  (see Pastfinder 17/1 at Richland Co. Gen. Society website)

Center Hall (School No. 4) - Worthington Twp.

  • Location Map
  • at Wilson and Tugend Roads, outside Butler, Ohio
  • Photograph (no date)
  • Photograph, 1953
  • Photograph - April, 1968
  • "Lewis Garber, of Bellville, laid the first brick for the new school house at Center Hall, Monday afternoon."  [source:  Worthington Enterprise:  14 August 1890, Vol. II, No. 17]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  C.L. McClellan  [Richland Shield & Banner:  10 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 42]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  Lew Dickes  [Mansfield Evening News:  13 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1890):  Carry Andrews  [Worthington Enterprise:  20 November 1890, Vol. II, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  I.L. McCullough  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  D.F. Hayes  [Semi-Weekly News:  05 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 19]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  Elsie Miller  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Mrs. Intha Aungst  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  B.S. Pheil  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher, 1905 -- Boyd Robinson  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1905):  Boyd Robinson  [Bellville Messenger:  10 March 1905, Vol. 13, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906): Boyd Robinson  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]

Central Elementary School - Shelby

  • 25 High School Ave., Shelby, Ohio 44875
  • Part of the Shelby City School District
Central Elementary School - Lexington  (external link)
  • 124 Frederick Street, Lexington, Ohio 44904
  • Part of the Lexington Local School District
  • Photographs
  • Built 1953  [The Pastfinder:  December 1988, Vol. 7, No. 4]

Central High School - Shelby

Champion Hill (School No. 2) - Franklin Twp.

Charles School (School No. 2) - Weller Twp.

Cherry School - see:  Vine Hill / Cherry School (School No. 5) - Troy Twp.

Cherry Valley School (School No. 10) - Washington Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (1872 - Winter Term):  Eli Evarts
  • Teacher (1872 - Summer Term):  Miss Sarah Andrews
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1879-1880):  J.M. Teeter  [source:  Richland Star:  29 January 1880, Vol. III, No. 18]
  • Teacher (1893 Fall Term):  Wm. Maglott  [source:  Bellville Independent:  29 June 1893, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Cantwell  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  Mr. Horn ... has resigned his position on account of ill health.  Miss Emma Kocheiser will finish the term.  [Semi-Weekly News:  09 February 1879, Vol. 13, No. 12]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  John Howard  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  John Howard  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 24]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Emma Kochheiser  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Arthur Palm  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  P. Kocheiser
  • "Trouble arose in the Cherry Valley school between the scholars and their teacher, J.M. Teeter, which resulted in the school being closed.  Mr. Teeter expects to attend school here for awhile."  [Richland Star:  29 January 1880, Vol. III, No. 18]

Chestnut Chapel School (School No. 5) - Washington Twp.

  • William Altgeld, teacher (1872 - Winter Term)
  • Miss Mina Altgelt, teacher (1872 - Summer Term)
  • Teacher (1884, Spring Term):  Anna Potts  [Bellville Star:  03 April 1884, Vol. 7, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1886):  Lydia Tracy  [Bellville Star:  01 April 1886, Vol. 9, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Ella Maglott  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  27 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 18]
  • Teacher (1893 Fall Term):  J.F. Dill  [source:  Bellville Independent:  29 June 1893, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Clever  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Ema Koheiser  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  Emma Koheiser [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Emma Kochheiser  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 24]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Oma [Camsie] Cravan  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Erna Koheiser  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Teacher (1923):  V.D. Wade  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  Frank Woodruff
  • Location Map

Church of Glad Tidings Kindergarten -- *see:  East Third Street (Free) Kindergarten

Children's Home

  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  Ella Becker  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]

Clark School (School No. 3) - Jackson Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Section 21
  • "School house No. 3 came near being burned to the ground last Monday night.  A large hole was burnt through the floor."  [source:  Mansfield News:  31 January 1894, Vol. IX, No. 283]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1871-1872):  Albert M. Wheeler at $40/month for 4 months.  There were 35 pupils enrolled.  [Shelby Independent News:  14 March 1872, Vol. 4, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1887):  Rufus Stober  [source:  Mansfield Weekly News:  01 December 1887, Vol. 4, No. 3]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Anna Clark  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47 and (Mansfield) Weekly News: 05 July 1888, Vol. 5, No. 31]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1891):  Will Bricker  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 May 1891]
  • Teacher (1889, Summer Term):  Anna Clark.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Winter Term):  J.F. Laser.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Esther Barker / Barber  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  10 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 30]
  • Teacher (1896):  Effie Shatzer  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  25 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 37]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Mr. Cook  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  William Gump  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  11 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 93]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Jessie Eckert.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  31 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)

Clay Hill [Mill] School (School No. 4) - Perry Twp.

  • near Darlington
  • Some Clay Hill School Students, 1886
  • Teacher (Spring 1891 Term):  Edna Kensinger  [source:  Bellville Independent:  23 April 1891, Vol. III, No. 52]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1894):  Homer Bigbee  [source:  Mansfield News:  27 February 1894, Vol. IX, No. 310]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894 Term):  Fred Staff*  [source:  Bellville Independent:  15 March 1894, Vol. 6, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Dora [Dorah] Shaffer.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1898):  O.N. Gaddis  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  26 August 1898, Vol. 14, No. 71]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1903):  Reason Pearce  [Bellville Messenger:  12 March 1903, Vol. 11, No. 10]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1903):  Stella McBride  [Bellville Messenger:  23 October 1903, Vol. 11, No. 42]
  • Teacher (Spring/Summer, 1906):  Walter Long  [Bellville Messenger:  01 June 1906, Vol. 14, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1906):  Walter Long  [Bellville Messenger:  13 July 1906, Vol. 14, No. 24] 

* Despite Fred Staff as the one listed to teach the Clay Hill school for the Spring Term, 1894, the Bellville Independent dated 05 April 1894 (Vol. 6, No. 47), gives the teacher's name as Homer Bigbee, as the one who will be teaching the Spring Term of the school.

Clear Fork High School (external link)

  • 987 St. Rte 97, Bellville
  • Part of the Clear Fork Valley Local School District
  • Dedicated 4/19/1964  [source:  Clear Fork High School Dedication Program]
  • Principal (1964):  William H. Wilson  [source:  Clear Fork High School Dedication Program]
Clear Fork Middle School (external link)
  • 987 State Rte. 97, Bellville 44813
  • Part of the Clear Fork Valley Local School District

Clover Hill School (School No. 4) - Lexington, Troy Twp.

  • Two miles northwest of Lexington  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Summer, 1880):  Jennie Shellabarger  [Richland Star:  05 February 1880, Vol. III, No. 19]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  W. Balward  [Semi-Weekly News: 03 August 1897, Vol. 13, No. 62]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Gertrude Thompson, d/o of Rev. Thompson  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Teacher (1921):  Miss Zillah Schindler  [RICHLAND CO. LEADER, 14 October 1921]
  • Teacher (1923):  Beulah Harris  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]
  • Some students (1923):  Martha Seif, Odessa Garver, Marvin Swank  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Some Clover Hill Students, 1877  (see Pastfinder 17/4 at Richland Co. Gen. Society website)

Cook Road Elementary School - Mansfield

  • Part of the Madison School System
  • 115 E. Cook Rd. in Mansfield
  • Principal (1958):  Roger Peterson  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1959-60):  Roger Peterson
  • Principal (1961):  Roger Peterson  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Cranberry School -- see:  Old Cranberry

Crestview Elementary School  (external link)

  • mailing address:  1575 State Route 96, Ashland, Ohio 44805

Crestview High School  (external link)

  • mailing address:  1575 State Route 96, Ashland, Ohio 44805

Crestview Middle School  (external link)

  • mailing address:  1575 State Route 96, Ashland, Ohio 44805

Creveling / H.L. Creveling Elementary School - Mansfield

  • *See Bowman Street School for early history of this school
  • Location Map
  • Photograph
  • 445 Bowman Street, Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • New school was started in 1950, adding to the 1914 addition which was left standing.  The old addition was restored with painting, waterproofing, new floors, new desks and lighting.  [H.L. Creveing School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • When completed, the school had 28 class rooms, a combined gym and auditorium, a library, cafeteria and an activity room.  It was the largest building in the city at the time it was built.  [H.L. Creveing School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Teachers, 1952
  • Principal (1958):  John Bell  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  John Bell  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Crimson / Needmore / Forest Hall School (School No. 6) - Mifflin Twp.

  • Located in the northwestern corner of Section 34
  • Souvenir Booklet, 1924-1925 w/ Class List
  • Another Souvenir Booklet, 1924-1925 w/ Class List
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1887):  Blanche Powers  [Richland Shield & Banner:  19 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 26]
  • Teacher (late 1893 term):  Romeo Koch of Mifflin.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 October 1893, Vol. LXXVI, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer 1895):  Miss Florence Koogle  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  02 March 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 42]
  • Teacher (Fall 1895):  Florence Koogle  [Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  06 July 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 8]
  • Teacher (1896-97 school year):  W.G. Hoover  [Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  20 June 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1923):  Ben Cole  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]
  • Photograph, August 1929

Cross Roads School

  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Estella Hersh  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  12 February 1890, Vol. 5, No. 291]

Culp School (School No. 5) - Perry Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Photograph - circa 1909
  • Teacher (Winter, 1879-1880):  James K.P. Russell  [Richland Star:  23 October 1879, Vol. III, No. 4]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1886):  Carrie Fairchild  [Bellville Star:  01 April 1886, Vol. 9, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1888):  H.C. Goodwin  [Bellville Star:  22 November 1888, Vol. 12, No.  8]
  • Teacher (Summer-Fall Term, 1889):  Miss Edna Kensinger  [source:  Bellville Independent:  10 October 1889, Vol. 2, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1896):  Fred Levering   [Semi-Weekly News:  25 September 1896, Vol. 12, No. 78]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  Fred Levering  [Semi-Weekly News:  12 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 21]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Ulla Winand   [Semi-Weekly News:  02 July 1897, Vol. 13, No. 53]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  W.N. Moore  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  18 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Alta Gaddis.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1898):  W.N. Moore  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  16 December 1898, Vol. 14, No. 103]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1903):  Arthur Lantz  [Bellville Messenger:  19 March 1903, Vol. 11, No. 11]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  Mable Booze  [Bellville Messenger:  30 October 1903, Vol. 11, No. 43]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1906):  Miller Bollinger  [Bellville Messenger:  02 March 1906, Vol. 14, No. 5]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1906):  Jennie Carpenter  [Bellville Messenger:  15 June 1906, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1906):  Jennie Carpenter  [Bellville Messenger:  13 July 1906, Vol. 14, No. 24] 

Darling Settlement School (School No. 1) - Worthington Twp. 

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter, 1890):  Harry Freeman.  [Worthington Enterprise:  06 November 1890, Vol. II, No. 49]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1901):  Mirtie Stewart  [Mansfield News:  03 July 1901, Vol. 17, No. 105]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  Wm. Maglott  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher, 1905 -- J.H. Darling  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1905):  Jud Ames  [Bellville Messenger:  10 March 1905, Vol. 13, No. 7]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- Miss Dora Zimmerman  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906):  Jud Darling  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]
  • Demolished
  • Photograph - No date (children not identified)
Diamond Street School - Mansfield
  • 183 S. Diamond Street, Mansfield  [source:  Mansfield City Directory 1895-96]
  • Teacher (n.d.g.) - J.M. Torrence  [see obituary pages]
  • Teacher (n.d.g.) - Mamie Au  [see obituary pages]

Discovery School - Mansfield - Private

  • Website
  • 855 Millsboro Road, Mansfield, Ohio 44903

Dowds Elementary School

  • 18 Seneca Drive, Shelby, Ohio 44875
  • Part of the Shelby City School District

Dunshee's School - Lexington

  • Teacher (Spring, 1889):  Levi Everts from near Bellville.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  02 March 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 41]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1893):  Boyd Doty.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 September 1893, Vol. LXXVI, No. 17]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1894):  Miss Lucy Dennis.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  08 September 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 17]

Dry Can - **see:  Maple Grove / Dry Can (School No. 6) - Monroe Twp.

East Diamond Street School - Mansfield

  • Location:  Northeast corner of East Diamond St. and Flint St.  [source:  The Herald's Directory to Mansfield and Richland County, Ohio, 1884-85]

East Fourth Street School - Mansfield -- *see also:  Bushnell School

East Mansfield Elementary School (School No. 11) - Madison Twp. - Mansfield

East Third Street (Free) Kindergarten - Mansfield

  • Classes held in the Church of Glad Tidings building on East Third Street   [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 82]
  • Teachers (1898):  Miss Catharine Whiteman, Principal;  Miss Jennie Cline, Assistant.   [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 82]

Eastern Elementary School - Lexington (external link)

  • Castor Rd., Lexington, Ohio 44904
  • Part of the Lexington Local School District
  • Opened in 1972 from a converted private business  [The Pastfinder:  December 1988, Vol. 7, No. 4]

Eastview Elementary School

  • 1262 Eastview Drive, Mansfield, Ohio 44905
  • Part of the Madison Local School District
  • Photograph  (Submitted by Aaron T.)

Empire School - Mansfield

  • 395 Pomerene Rd., Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Photographs
  • Principal (1958):  Jesse M. Clark  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Richard Gross  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Excelsior Hall (School No. 3)  - Monroe Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter, 1886-1887):  Samuel Budd  [Richland Shield & Banner:  05 March 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 32]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1887):  R.B. Day  [Richland Shield & Banner:  09 April 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 37]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1887):  Hattie Baughman  [Richland Shield & Banner:  09 April 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 37]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1887):  D.H. Charles   [source:  Mansfield Weekly News:  29 September 1887, Vol. 3, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Annie Cunning   [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  03 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 24]
  • School Director (Spring, 1895):  Lucas.  William Leiter was elected school director in Excelsior district No. 3 Monday evening.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Alma Hammet  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  Aaron Culler  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  H.L. Price [Semi-Weekly News:  29 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 52]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1901):  Mr. Orrie Hull  [Mansfield News:  20 June 1901, Vol. 17, No. 94]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1903):  Edith Robinson d/o John D. Robinson  [Butler Enterprise:  14 May 1903]

Fairview School (School No. 2) - Troy Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Alma Cantwell  [source:  Mansfield News:  14 March 1894, Vol. X, No. 8]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1896):  Ed Wiles  [Semi-Weekly News:  03 November 1896, Vol. 12, No. 89]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  A. Cortney  [Semi-Weekly News: 03 August 1897, Vol. 13, No. 62]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Arthur Courtney.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Lucy George  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]

Faulkner / Blackman School (School No. 11) - Plymouth Twp.

Fifth Street School - Mansfield

  • 138 W. Fifth Street, Mansfield  [source:  Mansfield City Directory, 1908-09]

Finnegan (School No. 6) - Sharon Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Located in Section 36
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Olive Stine.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  10 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

First Street / First Ward School  - Mansfield

  • SW Corner of First and Crouse Streets  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Photograph
  • Photo of School
  • Principal (1881-82):  Miss Margaret W. Sutherland  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Assistant Principal (1881-82):  Miss Anna C. Gunning  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Teachers (1881-82):  High School, Miss Margaret W. Sutherland;  Junior High School, Miss Laura A. Jackson;  A & B Grammar, Miss Esther Hyde;  C & D Grammar No. 1, Miss Frank Jackson;  A & B Secondary No. 1, Miss Lizzie Beale;  A Primary No. 1, Miss Mary S. Myers;  B Primary No. 1, Miss Anna M. Proctor.  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Teachers (1887-1888):  Principal and teacher of A and B grammar No. 1, Miss Esther Hyde;  C and D Grammar, No. 1, Miss M.E. Beale;  A and B secondary No. 1, Miss Anna M. Proctor;  A Primary No. 1, Miss Hattie L. Stone;  B Primary No. 1, Miss Louise M. Hall.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 June 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 3]

Fleming Falls School - Fleming Falls Rd. - Mansfield

  • 472 Sunny Dale Ave., Mansfield
  • Fleming Falls School Photographs
  • Principal (1958):  Dean Rex  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Dean Rex  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Floral Hall School (School No. 2) - Washington Twp.

  • Robert Miller, teacher (1872 - Winter Term)
  • Miss M.J. McGuire, teacher (1872 - Summer Term)
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1887):  O.M. Ray  [Richland Shield & Banner:  05 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 24]
  • Teacher (1889 Spring Term):  O.M. Ray.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 46]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Day  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1894):  Mamie Day  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 5]
  • 1896 - David Secrist taught for one week at this school in January of 1896, acting as a substitute when the regular teacher was out ill.  [Source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  25 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 37]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Etta Pearce  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  Etta Pearce  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Etta Pearce  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Earl Dye  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  L.K. Pearce

Forest Hall School - *see:  Crimson / Needmore / Forest Hall  (School No. 6) - Mifflin Twp.

Forest Hall / Robinson (School No. 1) - Jefferson Twp. 

Fourth Street School - Mansfield

  • 130 E. Fourth Street, Mansfield  [source:  Mansfield City Directory, 1908-09]

Franklin School (School No. 5) - Weller Twp.

Franklin Township Schools

Gailey Seminary - Lexington

Gamble & North Streets School - Historical - Shelby

  • "The old school house at the corner of Gamble and North streets, for sometime occupied as a residence by Wallace Moore, has been removed west of the railroad by Mr. Schmidt to serve another quarter of a century as a dwelling."  [Shelby Independent News:  31 August 1876, Vol. 8, No. 45]

Gamble School (School No. 4) - Sharon Twp. - Historical

  • Location Map
  • Link to information about this school (external link)
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. Floyd Teeter.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  22 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1923):  Ruth E. Wolf  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]

Ganges (School No. 1) - Bloominggrove Twp.

  • Section 31
  • Location Map, 1896
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1887):  Albert Imhoff  [Richland Shield & Banner:  26 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Summer Term - 1896):  Edith Bysline  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Cora St. John  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  01 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 26]

Gass School - see:  Union Grove / Gass School (School No. 1) - Troy Twp.

Grant School - Shelby (East Side)

Griffith School (School No. 8) - Plymouth Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Section 14, SE Quarter  [Tax Booklet]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Laura Whittier.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  26 September 1914, Vol. 61, No. 45]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  10 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1923):  Pearl Dininger  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)

Grubaugh Elementary School - Mansfield

  • 87 Western Ave., Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Principal (1958):  Robert O. Hartman  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Chester C. Secrist  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Guthrie School - Bloominggrove Twp. - Historical

  • Opened 1825-1826 on the Guthrie Farm
  • Teacher = Robert Finney

Hancock Heights School (School No. 9) - Madison Twp.

  • Olivesburg Rd. - Section 15
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  E.C. Wiles  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  L.R. Koch  [Source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7]

Hannawalt's School / Haniwalt / Sycamore [Cycamore] Valley School / Old Sycamore School (School No. 1)  - Perry Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Mentioned in the 04 April 1873 issue of the Bellville Dollar Weekly.
  • Teacher (Spring, 1880):  A.M. Klotz  [Richland Star:  26 February 1880, Vol. III, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1894):  Mary Paxton  [source:  Mansfield News:  31 January 1894]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Howard M. Ruhl.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1902):  Harry Maxwell  [Bellville Messenger:  04 April 1902, Vol. X, No. 14]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1903):  Vesta Barnette  [Bellville Messenger:  02 April 1903, Vol. 11, No. 13]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1906):  Glen Shafer  [Bellville Messenger:  13 July 1906, Vol. 14, No. 24] 

Hard Scrabble - Jefferson Twp.

  • An early school-house near where the Honey Creek school was located, some of it's pupils included John Robinson, Sr., Elmina Oldfield and Reuben Evarts, Sr..  [Bellville Star:  31 January 1884, Vol. 7, No. 18]

Hartman School (School No. 6) - Jackson Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Section 28
  • Teacher (Winter, 1871-1872):  J.D. Hill (aka:  J.G. Hill), at $40/month for 3¾ months.  [Shelby Independent News:  14 March 1872, Vol. 4, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Anna Roberts  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Summer Term):  Miss Myers.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Winter Term):  I.F. Bricker.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Miss Ola Meyer [Myers]  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  10 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 30]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1891):  Mattie Turner  [Richland Shield & Banner:  18 April 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Riley Bricker  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Zora Patterson.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Teacher (1923):  Golda Kelley  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Student Enrollment (July, 1891):  21 Males, 15 Females.   [Richland Shield & Banner:  18 July 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 9]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  20 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)

Hastings School -- **see:  Hopewell / Hastings School

Hazel Dell School (School No. 9) - Monroe Twp.

  • aka: Hazeldell
  • Hazel Dell School Students, 1926
  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter, 1887):  Hattie Baughman  [Richland Shield & Banner:  24 September 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  Hattie Baughman  [Richland Shield & Banner:  03 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 41]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1891):  James Hazelet  [Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 43]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Effie Wiles  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  Phoebe Maurer  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]
  • Teacher (1925):  Christine Brunk  [source:  Rich. Co. Annual, 1925]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  S.J. Hazlett  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  29 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 25]

Hazel Grove / Hazel Brush School (School No. 9) - Plymouth Twp.

  • Located in Section 16
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)
  • Location Map
  • Section 24, SE Quarter  [Tax Booklet]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Anna Hodges.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]  
  • Teacher (Winter, 1914):  Miss Alma Clark - replacing Miss Anna Hodges who resigned.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  02 January 1915, Vol. 62, No. 7]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  18 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Hayes School - Shelby (West Side)

  • Picture of School Building (ca. 1901)
  • Teachers, 1901
  • The former Hayes School building in Shelby which was located at the corner of Sharon Street and Raymond Avenue. It was sold to Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish in 1954 when the new elementary school buildings were finished in Shelby. It housed various grades from 1954-1971, when it was razed after the completion of the new St. Mary's School. The site was an empty lot for many years and within the last 10 years has had a habitat-for-humanity home erected on the site. This school was a "twin" of Grant School which served the east side of town. However, on that school the entry  was on the left side.  [source:  Aaron T. (8/2007)]

Hebrew School - Plymouth  [Shelby Independent News:  14 September 1876, Vol. 8, No. 47]

Hedges Elementary School / Fourth Ward School - Mansfield

  • Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, this building will be housing only 4th. through 6th. grades, drawing students mainly from the eastern half of the city.  (roughly bordered by Bowman Street and Sturges Avenue on the west and extending outward to the northern, eastern and southern city limits)
  • 176 Hedges Street, Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • " ... named for Gen. James Hedges, one of the founders of Mansfield, was completed in 1873.  The original structure cost $31,000 ..."  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Inside school classroom
  • Picture of school
  • Photo of school
  • Photographs
  • Some 9th. Grade Hedges Street School Students, 1902
  • Harry Marlow's 5th. Grade Class  (ca. 1922)
  • Another photo of Harry Marlow's 5th. Grade Class (ca. 1922)
  • Mansfield Grammar School Students Promoted to the High School, 1897
  • Miss McClellan's 4th. Grade Class (ca. 1922)
  • West Side of Hedges Street, south of Arch St.  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Principal (1881-2):  Miss Alice T. Codding  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Principal (1898-99):  D.F. Shafer, $80.  Also teaching A & B Grammar.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1881-82):  A & B Grammar No. 3, Miss Alice T. Codding;  C & D Grammar No. 5, Mrs. Jennie B. Lyman;  A Secondary No. 6, Miss Sadie A. Beale;  B Secondary No. 7, Miss Mary A. Trimble;  A Primary No. 6, Miss Caroline M. Ehlers;  B Primary No. 6, Miss Dora Grosvenor;  English & German No. 2 and 3, John J. Buchler and Miss Mary Laird  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Teachers (1898-99):  C Grammar, Mary Beale, $45;  D Grammar, Lenora Horn, $45;  A Primary, Anna Boyd, $40;  B Primary, Grace Palmer, $40;  A Primary, Birdie Settlemyer, $40;  C Primary, Rebecca Ritchie, $40;  D Primary, Sarah Percy, $45.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • German Teacher (1898):  Margaret Feidner, $45 (splitting time between this and the Prospect Street school).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Janitor (1898):  James M. Barrett, $50 (splitting time between this and the Bloom and Newman Street schools).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Miss Keller's Class, 19 April 1937
  • Principal (1958):  Raymond R. Dent  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Raymond R. Dent  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]
  • Mansfield Teachers Elected, 1897

Heritage Middle School (Lucas) 

  • website (external link)
  • Part of the Lucas Local School District

Hershiser School

  • Two miles north of Shelby  [Shelby Independent News:  20 June 1872, Vol. 4, No. 34]

Hickory Grove (School No. 1) - Franklin Twp.

  • Located in Section 3
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1887):  David Katon  [Richland Shield & Banner:  26 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1889):  Bertie Pifer.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  30 March 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1889):  David Osbun.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  19 October 1889, Vol. LXII, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1890):  Bertie Pifer  [Richland Shield & Banner:  19 April 1890, Vol. LXXII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1890):  David Osbun  [Richland Shield & Banner: 25 October 1890, Vol. LXXIII, No. 23]
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  Anna Winters of Ashland  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1896-7):  B.F. Williams  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 January 1897, Vol. 13, No. 8]
  • Teacher (1923):  L.D. Reynolds  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Teacher (1/2/1930 - 1/29/1930):  Jessie Gages  [see:  Jan. Report '30]
  • Enumeration of Youth, 1932

Hickory Hall / Hickory Grove (School No. 6) - Weller Twp.

  • Teacher (1889):  "William O'Hearn closed his school at Hickory Hall, east of the city, yesterday, and today begins his duties as Deputy Clerk of Courts.  Miss Florence Bell succeeds Mr. O'Hearn as teacher at Hickory Hall."  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 February 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 39]
  • "Miss Mary Painter has accepted the position of infusing knowledge into the youth of Hickory Hall the coming year.  Residents of the Hickory Hall district are to be congratulated in securing such an able instructor."  -- The Mansfield Herald:  05 May 1899, Vol. 15, No. 60
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  L.J. Guthrie  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1898):  Nora V. Wells of Adario  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  30 December 1898, Vol. 14, No. 107]

Hickory Hall (School No. 7) - Madison Twp.

  • At the northwest corner of State Route 39 and Hickory Lane
  • 1901 - Some students attending this school were:  Willard Hess, Floyd Hess, Ruby Balliet, Boyd Balliet, Jessie Roadpouch, Frank Painter and Clinton Painter.  [Mansfield News:  08 June 1901, Vol. 17, No. 84]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  G.W. McFarland  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  25 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  W.H. Hoover  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  G.W. McFarland  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7]
  • Director (1896):  S.L. Balliett  -- Elected for a three-year term [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  18 April 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 49]
  • Teacher (1923):  Pearl Steffey  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]

Hog Back (School No. 2) - Bloominggrove Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Spring Term - 1896):  Walter Terman  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  28 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 46]
  • Teacher (Summer Term - 1896):  Jennie Huston  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]

Honey Creek School (School No. 4) - Jefferson Twp.

Hopewell / Hastings School (School No. 4) - Monroe Twp.

  • Located in Pleasant Valley
  • Hopewell School Students, 1926
  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1886):  Jeremiah Tucker  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 December 1886, Vol. LXIX, No. 30 (marked 20)]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1889):  Mary Switzer.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  Miss Oscia Mitchell  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Maude Shrack  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  Clark Smith  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  Arthur Leiter  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Maude Mowery  [Semi-Weekly News:  23 July 1897, Vol. 13, No. 59]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  Alfred C. Culler  [Semi-Weekly News:  10 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 73]
  • Teacher (1925):  Jennie Andrews  [source:  Rich. Co. Annual, 1925]

Houts School (School No. 8) - Springfield Twp.

Huntsman School (School No. 3) - Perry Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Photo
  • Teacher (Summer Term 1889):  Rena Ruhl  [source:  Independent-Star (Bellville):  06 July 1889, Vol. 2, No. 12]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1898):  Dora Shafer  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  26 August 1898, Vol. 14, No. 71]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1894):  Nellie Harrington  [source:  Mansfield News:  27 February 1894, Vol. IX, No. 310]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1902):  J.W. Hendershot  [Bellville Messenger:  04 April 1902, Vol. X, No. 14]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  Chas. P. Zeger  [Bellville Messenger:  30 October 1903, Vol. 11, No. 43]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1906):  Bessie Maxwell  [Bellville Messenger:  13 July 1906, Vol. 14, No. 24]
  • Teacher (1922-23):  Florence McFerren  [source:  Souvenir School Booklet & Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Teacher (1923-24):  Ruth L. Brown  [source:  Souvenir School Booklet]
  • Class List, 1922-23
  • Class List, 1923-24
  • Junior-Senior Banquet Card, 5/22/1931 (with student names)

Hurricane Deck

  • aka:  Andrews' District School  [Richland Star:  20 November 1879, Vol. III, No. 8]
  • near Independence  [Bellville Star:  05 March 1885, Vol. 8, No. 23]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1879):  Phil. Traxler  [Richland Star:  20 November 1879, Vol. III, No. 8]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1885):  Mary A. Swank [Bellville Star:  05 March 1885, Vol. 8, No. 23]

Jackson Township Schools - Historical

  • School No. 1 ... **see:  Bunker Hill
  • School No. 2 ... **see:  Landis
  • School No. 3 ... **see:  Clark
  • School No. 4 ... **see:  Bricker
  • School No. 5 ... **see:  Cairns
  • School No. 6 ... **see:  Hartman

Jefferson Township Schools - Jefferson Twp.

Jesse Beer School

  • 103 Bahl Ave., Mansfield, Ohio 44905
  • Part of the Madison Local School District

Johns' Addition School - Mansfield

  • East Side of Maude Ave. between Orchard and Harker  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Principal (1881-82):  Miss Mary C. Dougherty  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Teachers (1887-1888):  B grammar No. 3, Miss S.M. Marvin;  C and D grammar No. 5, Miss Mattie Gaumer;  B primary No. 4, Miss Della Dehn.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 June 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 3]
  • Teachers (1881-82):  C & D Grammar No. 3, Miss M.C. Dougherty;  A & B Secondary No. 3, Miss Helen E. Holeywell;  A Primary No. 3, Miss Effie O. Hildreth;  B Primary No. 3, Miss Emma R. Irwin  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 

Joseph Wilson Academy - Mansfield - Historical  [Richland Whig & Farmers' Chronicle:  17 March 1835]

  • Three doors west of the Mansion House (NW Corner of Walnut & Market Streets, Mansfield)
  • For boys and girls
  • Tuition $1.75/quarter

"Judge Stewart School" - Mansfield - Historical

  • Taught by Judge Stewart, in a dwelling house at the corner of Second and Walnut Streets where the Dr. W.H. Race residence later stood.   [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]
  • Judge Stewart later taught a select school on Park Avenue West, between Walnut and Mulberry, in a two-story log house ... where Stewart's school was in the upper part of the house, a stairway being erected on the outside of the building.  The school was soon closed as the noise disturbed the downstairs neighbors.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]
  • After the closing of the Park Ave. school, the Judge had a small frame school house erected on the next lot to the east.   [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]

Jugs' Corners School - Lexington

  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Miss Harlan  [Semi-Weekly News:  30 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 26]
  • Teacher (1898):  Sara Cantwell taught school for her sister last week at Jugs Corners.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  03 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 47]

Junction Primary & Secondary Schools - Historical

  • Teacher (1872-1873):  Mary Ferguson  [Shelby Independent News:  12 September 1872, Vol. 4, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1873-1874):  Miss Mary Ferguson  [Shelby Independent News:  24 July 1873, Vol. 5, No. 39]
  • Teacher (1874-1875):  Alice Breckbill  [Shelby Independent News:  10 September 1874, Vol. 6, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1876-1877):  Libbie Williams  [Shelby Independent News:  29 June 1876, Vol. 8, No. 36]

Kern School - Mansfield - Historical

  • Taught only one winter by Alexander Kern in a rented out portion of Judge McCluer's Tavern, on the old Lamberton corner where the Savings' Bank stood later.  The school was a select school of about a dozen scholars.   [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]

King's Corners School (School No. 6) - Troy Twp.

  • Located in the northeastern corner of Section 34
  • Three miles south of Lexington
  • Teacher (Fall, 1896):  Dessa Kline  [Semi-Weekly News:  03 November 1896, Vol. 12, No. 89]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Miss Sell.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  22 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 23]
  • Teacher (1923):  Lester Fox  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Some students (1923):  Evelyn Rule  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]

Knox School

  • Between Bellville and Lexington  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  06 September 1898, Vol. 14, No. 74]

Koogle School (School No. 4) - Mifflin Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (1890):  T.B. Clawson  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  04 January 1890, Vol. LXXII, No. 33]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1891):  Miss Jarvis  [Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1891, Vol. LXXIV, no. 15]
  • Teacher (1894-1896):  Luella Palmer
  • Teacher (Summer 1895):  Miss Luella Palmer  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  02 March 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 42]
  • School Director elected (1890):  W.W. Crider  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  24 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 42]
Kuhn / Kuhn's School House (School No. 7) - Plymouth Twp.
  • Location Map
  • Section 19, NE quarter  [Tax Booklet]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Ethel Major.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  14 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Landis School (School No. 2) - Jackson Twp.

  • Located in Section 9
  • Teacher (Winter, 1871-1872):  W.W. Skiles (s/o John G.) at a salary of $44/month for 3¾ months.  There were 53 pupils enrolled. [Shelby Independent News:  14 March 1872, Vol. 4, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Ida Miller  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Summer Term):  Ida Miller.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  13 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1889, Winter Term):  D. Landis.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 July 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  D.D. Landis  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  10 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 3]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Anna Clark  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  10 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 30]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1894):  Clara H. Sherick  [Richland Shield & Banner:  07 July 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 8]
  • Teacher (1896):  Lenna Bloom  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  25 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 37]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Will Shatzer  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Will Shatzer  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  18 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 95]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Ida Sipe took charge of the school, as William Shatzer, the former teacher, is very ill with typhoid fever in Shelby.  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  25 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 97]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Ada Haun.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  15 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Additional information about this school (external link)

Lexington High School - Lexington - Troy Twp.

Lexington Junior High School  (external link)
  • 90 Frederick Street, Lexington, Ohio 44904
  • Part of the Lexington Local School District
  • Photographs

Lexington Seminary (Lexington)

  • A continuation of the Monroe seminary, conducted for a number of years by the late Rev. Richard Gailey  [Bellville Messenger:  11 September 1903, Vol. 11, No. 36]   In another resource, it is noted that Rev. Gailey's daughter also helped operate the Seminary.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  09 February 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 39]
  • John Wigton taught 23 terms of school here  [Bellville Messenger:  04 November 1904, Vol. 12, No. 43]
  • Wesley Hainer purchased this property in Feb., 1895 with the purpose of converting it to a dwelling house.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  09 February 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 39]

Light School - **see:  Pleasant Grove / Light 

Lincoln / Lincoln Heights Elementary School / Pleasant Hill / Wallace (School No. 8) - Mansfield / Madison Twp.

London (School No. 4) - Cass Twp.

Lone Elm / Rumpus (School No. 2) - Butler Twp.

Lost Run School / Rheinhart - Rinehart's School (School No. 6) - Perry Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Summer, 1894):  Hoy Sengery  [source:  Mansfield News:  27 February 1894, Vol. IX, No. 310]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Hathaway.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1903):  Bess Boggs [Bellville Messenger:  28 May 1903, Vol. 11, No. 21]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1906):  Omar Follin  [Bellville Messenger:  13 July 1906, Vol. 14, No. 24] 
  • Teacher (1923):  May McFerren  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]

Lousetown School - Jefferson Twp.

  • At Yankee Street  [source:  Bellville-Jefferson Township Historical Museum]

Lower Canada School (Bellville, Jefferson Twp.)  [source:  Bellville-Jefferson Township Historical Museum]

Lowery School - Mansfield - Historical

  • Taught by John Lowery.  One of the earliest schools in a two-story frame building on South Main Street.  Later the building was used by Elijah Lake (later Clerk of Courts) for a warehouse.  The same building was used as the court house for some time while the court house was being erected on the square.   [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]

Lucas Elementary School

Lucas High School

Ludwig School

  • West Fourth Street  [Richland Shield & Banner:  19 January 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 36]

Madison High School

Madison Junior High School

  • 690 Ashland Rd., Mansfield, Ohio 44905
  • Part of the Madison Local School District
  • Photographs

Madison South Elementary School

  • 700 S. Illinois Ave., Mansfield, Ohio 44907
  • Part of the Madison Local School District

Madison Township Schools

  • Schools
    • School No. 1 ... **see:  Yankeetown
    • School No. 2 ... **see:  Northview / Pleasant Grove / Spring Grove
    • School No. 3 ... **see:  Roseland
    • School No. 4 ... **see:  Trimble
    • School No. 5 ... **see:  Raemelton / Pollock
    • School No. 6 ... **see:  Woodville
    • School No. 7 ... **see:  Hickory Hall
    • School No. 8 ... **see:  Wallace / Pleasant Hill / Lincoln / Lincoln Heights
    • School No. 9 ... **see:  Hancock Heights
    • School No 10 ... **see:  Maple Grove
    • School No. 11 ... **see:  East Mansfield
    • School No. 12 ... **see:  Terman
    • School No. 13 ... **see:  Beer
  • Superintendent (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  S.S. Dew  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Superintendent (1895-96 school year):  S.S. Dew  {Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7}
  • Graduates from the Madison & Mifflin Township Schools, 1896

Main & Gamble Street School - Historical - Shelby

  • Second school building in Shelby.  On lot later occupied by Lybarger, Farrar & Co's store (in 1876).  [Shelby Independent News:  06 July 1876, Vol. 8, No. 37]

"Main Street Log Cabin School" - Mansfield - Historical

Malabar High School - CLOSED

  • 205 W. Cook Rd., Mansfield
  • Photographs
  • Opened to students in September, 1963
  • Last high school class graduated in 1989, afterwards the building was turned into one of the Mansfield City School District's middle schools (grades 6-8)
  • Mehock Field (at east edge of Malabar property)
Malabar Middle School - Mansfield

Mansfield Business College - Mansfield

Mansfield Christian School - Mansfield - Private School

Mansfield City Schools - Mansfield

  • ∞See individual schools for information
  • Teachers, 1891-1892 School Year
  • Misc. Teachers and Assistants (1898):  Instructor in writing & drawing, Mrs. Jennie Downend, $90;  Instructor in Physical Culture, Dorothy Bishop, $80;  Kindergarten Teachers:  Katherine Whiteman ($40) and Bertha B. Myers ($40);  Assistants:  Jessie Campbell ($20) and Daisy Cunningham ($20);  Curator of Museum, Edward Wilkinson, $60;  Truant Officer, A.D. Eyerly, $50.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Board Of Education (1881-82):  John W. Jenner (Pres.), Benjamin Bair (Sec.), L.F. Harrington (Treas.), Martin B. Bushnell, Lucius F. Harrington, John W. Jenner, Bernard Sens, Abraham Small.  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82]
  • Superintendent (1881-82):  John Simpson, Ph.D.  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Superintendent (1884-85):  John Simpson, Ph.D.  [source:  The Herald's Directory to Mansfield and Richland County, Ohio, 1884-85]
  • Superintendent (1891):  John Simpson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  05 September 1891, Vol. LXXIV, No. 16]
  • Superintendent (1958):  Robert E. Wilson  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Superintendent (1961):  Dr. John S. Rinehart  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Mansfield High School / Mansfield Senior High School - Mansfield

1862 - 1869

1870 - 1892

1893 - 1926

1927 - 2003

2004 - ????

  • New building under construction during 2002-2003, will open to students for the 2004-2005 school year.
  • 124 North Linden Road, Mansfield, Ohio 44906
Mansfield General Hospital - School of Nursing

Mansfield Normal College - Mansfield

  • Location:  South Diamond Street  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  14 October 1893, Vol. LXXVI, No. 21]
  • Location:  NE Corner of S. East Diamond St. and Flint St.  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • " ... a Normal school to train teachers was opened in the former grade school at South Diamond and Flint Sts.  By 1880 the Normal School had 110 students who paid 75 cents a week in tuition."  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Principal (1881-82):  J. Fraise Richard  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Reorganized in mid-1883 with M.W. Mason as Principal and A.B. Moore as Secretary.  R.G. Ralston was retained to teach Latin, Greek and the higher mathematics.  [Source:  The Mansfield Herald:  28 June 1883, Vol. 33, No. 32]

Mansfield Senior High School:  Cline Ave. Campus - Mansfield - DEMOLISHED

  • Cline Ave., Mansfield
  • DEMOLISHED
  • fka:  Appleseed Middle School
  • fka:  Appleseed Junior High School
  • Location:  Cline Ave., Mansfield

Maple Grove (School No. 10) - Madison Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  Olive Dillon  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  Minnie Leuthner  [Source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7]
  • Some students during the Spring, 1894 Term:  Grace Calhoun, Myrtie Patten, Theodore McLaughlin, Fanny Calhoun, Jennie Hull, Frank Sheriff, Jennie John, Albert O'Brien, Hattie Huffman, Lottie O'Brien, John Miller, Mamie Boyd, Tommy Patten, Ida Robinson, Harry O'Brien, Mary Huffman, Thomas Harbaugh, Hazel Patten, Dave John.  [Mansfield News:  21 March 1894, Vol. X, No. 15]

Maple Grove / Dry Can (School No. 6) - Monroe Twp.

  • Located in the vicinity of Hastings
  • Student List, 1926
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1879):  L.E.  [source:  Richland Star:  18 December 1879]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1880):  Mattie Atchison  [source:  Richland Star:  29 January 1880, Vol. III, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1887):  Ira Berry  [Richland Shield & Banner:  10 December 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 29]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1889):  Wm. Maglott  [source:  Weekly Independent (Bellville):  16 March 1889, Vol. 1, No. 49]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1895):  Ella Maglott [source:  Bellville Independent:  10 January 1895, Vol. 7, No. 34]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Emma Baughman  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Minnie Andrews  [source:  Bellville Independent:  12 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 48]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896 -- Fall Term, 1896):  Henry Berry  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  Henry Berry  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1903):  Ora McCollough  [Bellville Messenger:  09 April 1903, Vol. 11, No. 14]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1903):  Cora Morgan  [Bellville Messenger:  09 April 1903, Vol. 11, No. 14]
  • Teacher (1925):  William Freeman  [source:  Rich. Co. Annual, 1925]

Marion Avenue School / First Ward School (fka:  Brinkerhoff School) - Mansfield

  • Location Map
  • 218 Marion Ave., Mansfield  [source:  Mansfield City Directory, 1908-09]
  • Originally known as Brinkerhoff School ... at Marion and Douglas Aves. [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • "The oldest part of the former Brinkerhoff building was erected in 1884 at a time when Mansfield was expending its school system.  The appearance of the building has not changed much through the years.  The shaded grounds formerly were the site of the Brinkerhoff Lawn Fete which served as a sort of homecoming for that section of town."  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Picture of School  [Mansfield & Richland County Directory, 1891]
  • Photo (Submitted by Aaron T.)
  • Photo of School
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • As the school year started in 1885, there were 100 pupils in attendance at the school, with Miss George and Miss Proctor as the teachers.  [Source:  THE MANSFIELD HERALD:  08 January 1885, Vol. 35, No. 8]
  • Principal (1898-99):  Harriett E. Haynes, $65.  Also to teach A & B Grammar.  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1887-1888):  C and D grammar No. 2, Miss Frank Jameson;  A and B secondary No. 2, Miss Lola M. Au;  A and B Primary No. 2, Miss Dora V. Zellner  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 June 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 3]Teachers (1898-99):  C & D Grammar, Maude E. Goodwin, $45;  A Primary, Helen T. Brown, $40;  B Primary, Harriet Bristor, $35;  C Primary, Annette Smith, $40;  D Primary, Alice J. Proctor, $45.  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Mansfield Teachers Elected, 1897
  • Mansfield Grammar School Students Promoted to the High School, 1897
  • German Teacher (1898):  Eliza Weiskotten, $50 (splitting time between this and the West First Street school).  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Janitor (1898):  W.H. Dice, $50.  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Principal (1958):  E.W. Kissel  [First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  E.W. Kissel  [First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Marsh Run School (School No. 10) - Plymouth Twp. - Historical

  • Location Map
  • Section 32, NW Quarter  [Tax Booklet]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Lela Hodges.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  16 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Matson District - Madison Township [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  20 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 48]

Maud Ave. School - Mansfield
  • 118 Maud Ave., Mansfield  [source:  Mansfield City Directory 1895-96]

Mayflower Church (Free) Kindergarten - Mansfield

  • Teachers (1898):  Miss Bertha Myers, Principal;  Miss Jessie Campbell, Assistant.   [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 82]

McGaw's Schoolhouse (circa 1877) - Bloominggrove Twp.

Mennonite Schoolhouse - Bloominggrove Twp.

Mid-Ohio Plymouth Preschool - Plymouth

  • West Broadway Street, Plymouth
  • Website (external link)

Mifflin Elementary School - Mansfield

Mifflin Township School  - Mifflin Twp.

  • Route 30 East
  • Principal (1958):  Thomas Q. Miller  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Thomas Q. Miller  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Mifflin Township Schools - Mifflin Twp.

  • School No. 1 ... see:  Buena Vista
  • School No. 2 ... see:  Windsor
  • School No. 3 ... see:  Center Hall
  • School No. 4 ... see:  Koogle
  • School No. 5 ... see:  St. James
  • School No. 6 ... see:  Crimson
  • Graduates from the Madison & Mifflin Township Schools, 1896
  • "Mifflin.  The school house in sub-district No. 3 is nearly finished and school will open on next Monday with Rufus Kagey as teacher.  Two districts were united and a new house built.  Before the consolidation each local board of directors had hired a teacher, and to adjust the matter amicably with the teachers the new board gives to each of the teachers half the term of school.  We wonder whether it was wisdom to risk the welfare of a large school to please the parties of an old contract which could not be fulfilled."  [Richland Shield & Banner:  27 November 1886, Vol. LXIX, No. 28]

Monroe Seminary - Monroe Twp.

  • Location:  Southwest part of Monroe Twp.
  • Founded by Rev. Richard Gailey in May, 1851  [Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  19 July 1898, Vol. 14, No. 60]

Monroe Township Schools - Monroe Twp.

  • School No. 1 ... see:  Shambaugh
  • School No. 2 ... see:  Shanabarger-Shanibarger / Mt. Zion / Rebman
  • School No. 3 ... see:  Excelsior Hall / Foltz
  • School No. 4 ... see:  Hopewell / Hastings
  • School No. 5 ... see:  Walnut Hall
  • School No. 6 ... see:  Maple Grove
  • School No. 7 ... see:  Valley Hall / Sandstone
  • School No. 8 ... see:  Center Hall
  • School No. 9 ... see:  Hazel Dell
  • School No. 10 ... see:  Wilderness Hill
  • Mother's School and Home League Board Members, 1925
  • Common School Commencement, 1894
Morton (School No. 1) - Sharon Twp.  - Historical

Mull School  - Mansfield - Historical

  • Taught by John Mull, circa 1817.  His cabin was one of the first cabins in Mansfield - located on the east side of the square.  He taught from there for several years.   [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]
  • By 1821, John Mull is found teaching in a one-story dwelling directly opposite the United Presbyterian Church -- between the Heineman dwelling and the residence of Harvey Ditwiler.  A few of his scholars were John Stewart's boys, Mansfield, Hiram, George and Eliza Gilkinson, John Loge, Perry Walker and Jane Lindley.  Mr. Mull was a cripple, but a very good teacher for that day.  He used to sit on a stool in the center of the school room with a whip in his hand sufficiently long to reach every scholar.  In this way he managed to keep order without leaving his seat.  The younger scholars of that day were taught their letters and the multiplication tables in a rather novel manner, the letters being pasted on one side of a little board made in the shape of a paddle, and the multiplication table on the other side.  This paddle had a small hole bored in one end, and was hung up when not in use.  It may fairly be presumed that the paddle was frequently used for other purposes than those mentioned.   [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]

Murray / Murray District (School No. 4) - Butler Twp.

  • Section 17
  • Teacher (1896):  Paxten Hunter  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]

Myers (School No. 2) - Sharon Twp. - Historical

  • Location Map
  • Section 20
  • Link to information about this school (external link)
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Julia Harter.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  28 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Needmore -- *see:  Crimson / Needmore / Forest Hall  (School No. 6) - Mifflin Twp.

Newman Elementary School - Mansfield

  • 457 Central Ave., Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Principal (1958):  William McKinnon  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  George Taylor  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Newman Street School / Newman's Addition School / Third Ward - Mansfield 

  • Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, this building will be housing only Kindergarten through 3rd. Grades, drawing students mainly from the northeast section of the city (roughly bounded by Park Avenue East at the south and Springmill Street on the West, and extending to the northern and eastern edges of the Mansfield City limits)
  • 457 Central Avenue, Mansfield, Ohio  (2007)
  • Built approx. 1879  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Picture of School  [Mansfield & Richland County Directory, 1891]
  • Picture of School (6/2007)
  • Picture of School
  • Picture of classroom (circa 1920's - 1930's)
  • Mansfield Teachers Elected, 1897
  • Miss Mary Runyan's 1st. Grade Class (ca. 1922)
  • East Side of Newman Street, North of Orange Street [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82]  256 Newman Street  [source:  Mansfield City Directory, 1908-09]
  • Principal (1898-99): Sarah A. Beale, $50.  Also teaching D Grammar and A Primary.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teacher (1881-82):  A & B Primary, Miss Anna Hetrick  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Teachers (1898-99):  B Primary, Amelia Miller, $35;  C Primary, Mary Durban, $40;  D Primary, S. Florence Robinson, $40.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • German Teacher (1898):  Mrs. Mary Untiet, $45 (splitting time between this and the East Fourth Street school).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Janitor (1898):  James M. Barrett, $50 (splitting time between this and the Hedges and Bloom Street schools).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]

Newville School (School No. 2) - Worthington Twp. 

  • Located in the northern portion of Section 3
  • Demolished
  • Photograph
  • "The building of the new school house in District No. 3 was let out as follows:  A.J. Myers, stone and brick work, $916.87;  Joseph McCullough, carpenter work, $638.54;  Ad. Harter and D.C. Severns, plastering, $70."  [Richland Shield & Banner:  03 December 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 28]
  • Student List, 1913-1914
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1879):  Nancy Robinson  [source:  Richland Star:  11 December 1879, Vol. III, No. 11]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1887):  Ed. C. Wiles [Richland Shield & Banner:  19 November 1887]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  A.F. Secrist  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  C.H. Freeman  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- C.H. Freeman [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1898):  Grace Buzzard  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  24 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 53]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Grace Buzzard  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1901):  Leroy Freeman  [Mansfield News:  03 July 1901, Vol. 17, No. 105]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1903):  Cora Morgan  [Bellville Messenger:  09 April 1903, Vol. 11, No. 14]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  John H. Horn  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher, 1905 -- A.F. Secrist & Ada Kramer  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1905):  Anna Belle Walton  [Bellville Messenger:  10 March 1905, Vol. 13, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906):  L.D. Freeman  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]
  • Teacher (1913-1914):  Mary A. Dickson  [Souvenir School Booklet, 1913-1914]

North School (School No. 3) - Plymouth Twp.

North Central State College - Ontario

  • formerly known as North Central Technical College (NCTC)

Northview / Pleasant Grove (School No. 2) - Madison Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  John Hursh  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  John Hursh  {Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7}

Oak Hall / Oak Hill / Possum Slide School (School No. 3) - Worthington Twp. 

  • Location Map
  • In Timothy Ridge
  • Photograph
  • A Short Record of Worthington Twp. School #3 - Oak Hall
  • Student List, 1928-29
  • School Register, 9/15/1930 - 5/1/1931
  • Teacher (Spring, 1880):  Daniel Teeter  [Richland Star:  09 January 1879, Vol. 2, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1880):  Emma Buzzard  [RICHLAND STAR (Bellville): 18 March 1880, Vol. III, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1880):  Levi Evarts  [Richland Star:  09 September 1880, Vol. III, No. 50]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1881):  Ella Neer  [Bellville Star:  13 July 1882, Vol. 5, No. 41]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1881):  Isa Groves  [Bellville Star:  27 March 1884, Vol. 7, No. 26]
  • Teacher (as of 1/17/1884):  Mr. A.B. Simmons
  • Teacher (Fall, 1884):  James Hazlett  [Bellville Star:  06 November 1884, Vol. 8, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1885):  Cora Langham  [Bellville Star:  22 January 1885, Vol. 8, No. 17]
  • Teacher (Winter Term 1888):  Grant Aungst  [Bellville Star:  01 March 1888, Vol. 11, No. 23]
  • Teacher (Spring/Summer 1890):  Clara Bolinger  [Worthington Enterprise:  03 July 1890, Vol. II, No. 32]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1891):  Lewis Dickes  [source:  Bellville Independent:  25 June 1891, Vol. IV, No. 9]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  Myrta Stewart  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1894):  Samuel Snavely  [source:  Bellville Independent:  15 November 1894, Vol. 7, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1895):  Samuel Snavely [source:  Bellville Independent:  10 January 1895, Vol. 7, No. 34]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  Samuel Snavely  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- L.N. Secrist.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  04 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 18]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- E.A. Bell  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  L.N. Secrist  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  Bertha Howard  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher, 1905 -- L.P. Freman  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906):  D.E. Riggle  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]
  • Teacher (1928-1929):  May E. Davis [source:  William Rutherford report card, 1928]
  • "The township school board met again Saturday and sub-district No. 3 is to get a new brick school house."  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 May 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 51]
  • William "Billy" Rutherford Report Card, 1928  [.pdf]

Oakland / Oakland Hill School (School No. 9) - Washington Twp.

  • James Wilson, teacher (1872 - Winter Term)
  • Miss Jane Piper, teacher (1872 - Summer Term)
  • Teacher (1893 Fall Term):  Cora Dinnies  [Bellville Independent:  29 June 1893, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Dennis  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Alice Palmer  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  F.E. Raylor  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  F.E. Taylor  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  29 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Alice Palmer  [Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Roy Gaddis  [Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  J.E. Lawrence
  • Location Map

"Octagonal School" - Lexington, Troy Twp.

  • Octagonal brick school house erected in 1831 at the northern limits of Lexington.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  15 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 21]
  • First teacher was Col. Thomas Cook  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  15 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 21]
  • Teacher:  Hon. Columbus Delano  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  15 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 21]
  • "Lexington.  The Hon. Columbus Delano, who died in Mt. Vernon recently, taught school here in the quaint little octagonal brick school house that was reared in the deep fastnesses of the primitive forest 65 years ago.   Columbus D. Culp, of Lexington, was named after Mr. Delano and the few pioneers yet living here recollect him as a young man of gallant merit and he displayed the eloquence, the logical mind by which he later became distinguished in the nation's annals."  [Semi-Weekly News:  03 November 1896, Vol. 12, No. 89]
  • Architect and Builder:  Amariah Watson  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  15 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 21]

Ohio Business College and School of Shorthand - Mansfield

  • Graduating Students, April 1886
  • Class of 1890
  • Class of 1895
  • Class of 1897
  • Class of 1898
  • Class of 1901
  • Principal (1889):  J.W. Sharp  [source:  The Independent-Star (Bellville):  04 May 1889, Vol. II, No. 4]
  • "Prof. J.W. Sharp, president of the Ohio Business College, was seen this morning by a SHIELD man to whom he said that plans are being completed for a business college building, to be built this summer at a probable cost of $7,000.  Mr. Sharp said that the object to be attained by this building is to cheapen the cost of living for those who reside a distance from the city and wish to attend a business college, but are prohibited from so doing on account of the cost, of which the item of boarding is always the greatest.  There will be sufficient lodging rooms to accommodate from 200 to 250 students and arrangements will be made, in the building whereby the students can board and lodge at a cost of about $2.50 per week, instead of $3.50 to $4.00 per week which the foreign students are compelled to pay at present.  The building is to be erected by a stock company and is to be located within one block of the Central Park.  Mr. Sharp is very sanguine of the success of the new enterprise and is satisfied that with such a building and accommodations the Ohio Business College will be able to compete with any of the colleges of its nature in the state."  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 21 February 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 40]

Old Cranberry (School No. 2) - Cass Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (1895):  Frank Black  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 November 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 27]
  • Teacher (1896):  Izora Bloom  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  11 April 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  F.W. Black  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield): 25 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 24]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Mary Hines  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  01 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Albert Newman  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  01 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 90]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. Byron Mohn.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  20 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

"Old Red Schoolhouse" - Mansfield - Historical

  • Corner of West Fourth St. and Mulberry St., erected after 1818

Ohio State University:  Mansfield Campus - Mansfield

Olivesburg School (School No. 1) - Weller Twp.

Ontario High School - Ontario

  • 467 Shelby-Ontario Road, Mansfield, Ohio 44906
  • Part of the Ontario Local School District
  • Principal (1959-60):  Richard Casad of Mansfield

Ontario Middle School - Ontario

  • 447 Shelby-Ontario Road, Mansfield, Ohio 44906
  • Part of the Ontario Local School District
  • website  (external link)

Ontario Normal School - Ontario

  • "The Ontario Normal School opened last Monday with S.H. Maharey and T.W. Long as principals.  Opportunity will be given for a thorough review of all the common branches and for the study of the higher and special branches, methods of teaching, etc.  The term will continue six weeks and $5.00 will be charged for tuition."  [Mansfield Weekly News:  21 July 1887, Vol. 3, No. 34]

Ontario Veterinary College  [Bellville Star:  14 January 1886, Vol. 9, No. 16]

Opdyke / Updyke School (School No. 1) - Plymouth Twp.

Paradise (School No. 3) - Bloominggrove Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Summer Term - 1896):  Mrs. Albert McGaw  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]

Patterson (School No. 1) - Butler Twp.

  • Section 6
  • Teacher (1923):  Sarah K. Glenn  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]

Pavonia School (School No. 3) - Weller Twp.

Perry Township Schools - Perry Twp.

  • School No. 1 ... see:  Hanawalt - Hannawalt / Sycamore Valley
  • School No. 2
  • School No. 3 ... see:  Huntsman
  • School No. 4 ... see:  Clayhill
  • School No. 5 ... see:  Culp
  • School No. 6 ... see:  Lost Run / Rinehart's

Pleasant Grove / Light (School No. 7) - Franklin Twp.

Pleasant Grove -- *see:  Northview / Pleasant Grove - Madison Twp.

Pleasant Hall (School No. 4) - Washington Twp.

  • Location Map
  • William Kestetter, teacher  (1872 - Winter Term)
  • Miss Sarah Gerhart, teacher (1872 - Summer Term)
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1888):  J.B. McCoy  [Bellville Star:  15 March 1888, Vol. 11, No. 25]
  • Teacher (1889 Spring Term):  N.W. Tucker.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 March 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 43]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Emma Maglott  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  27 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 18]
  • Teacher (1893 Summer Term):  Ella Maglott  [source:  Bellville Independent:  29 June 1893, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1893 Fall Term):  James Hazelett  [source:  Bellville Independent:  29 June 1893, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Morgan  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  Glen Garber  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  W.A. Maglott  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  J.W. Charles - also serving as president of the Board

Pleasant Hill (School No. 3) - Jefferson Twp.

Pleasant Hill - Madison Twp. -- **see:  Wallace / Pleasant Hill / Lincoln / Lincoln Heights

Pleasant Hill - (School No. 1) - Worthington Twp.

  • Pupil List, 1909-10
  • Pupil List, 1910-11
  • Enumeration of Handicapped Youth, May 1937
  • Teacher (Winter, 1889):  Clark Smith - who later went on to attend school at the National Normal University.  [Worthington Enterprise:  18 September 1890, Vol. II, No. 42]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  A.R. Pritchard  [source:  Mansfield News:  04 April 1894, Vol. X, No. 29]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  Ethel Davis  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  D.F. Hay  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Harry Freeman  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  06 March 1890, Vol. 5, No. 310]
  • Teacher, 1910-11:  Wm. H. Newcomer  [Souvenir School Booklet, 1910-1911]

Pleasant Valley / Cave School - aka:  "the Cave" - (School No. 8) - Worthington Twp. 

  • Location Map
  • Located in the extreme northwestern corner of Section 32
  • Teacher (Fall, 1887):  L.C. Mengert, Esq. commenced a term of school at Pleasant Valley last Monday.  Mr. Mengert is a good teacher and we have no doubt that Pleasant Valley pupils will have greatly advanced in their studies at the close of his school.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  19 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1887):  Wm. O'Hearn  [Richland Shield & Banner:  12 March 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 35]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  I.C. Mengert  [Richland Shield & Banner:  31 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 45]
  • Teacher (ca. 1889):  Mr. R. Grimes
  • Teacher (Winter, 1890):  L.C. Mengert  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  19 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 11]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  Zella McMillan  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  Ada Long  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- Miss Ada Long [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Ora McCollough  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  F.V. Bollinger  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1904):  J. Chester Robinson
  • Teacher, 1905 -- Chester Robinson  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1905):  Chester Robinson  [Bellville Messenger:  10 March 1905, Vol. 13, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906):  W.N. Kramer  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]
  • Teacher (1923):  Marie Bierly  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Photograph of a few students - no date
  • Pupil List, 1904-05

Pleasant Valley (School No. 3) - Franklin Twp.

Plymouth Elementary School - Plymouth

  • W. Broadway, Plymouth
  • Part of the Plymouth-Shiloh Local School District
  • Principal (1959-60):  John Fazzini of Plymouth
  • Teacher (1923):  Elizabeth McElroy  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Photographs
  • Plymouth-Shiloh Local School  (taken 8/2008)

Plymouth Extension School - Plymouth  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  01 August 1914, Vol. 61, No. 37]

Plymouth High School - Plymouth
  • Location / Notes
  • Students / Class Lists
  • Alumni Association
    • President (1914-1915):  Clarence Shield  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  06 June 1914, Vol. 61, No. 29]
  • Teachers / Staff
    • Teachers, 1914
    • Teachers, 1915
    • Teachers at Plymouth Schools, 1926
    • Principal (1959-60):  Wayne H. Strine of Plymouth
    • Principal (1914):  Miss Finfrock of Mansfield.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  18 July 1914, Vol. 61, No. 35]
    • Superintendent (1914):  L.S. Foght  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  06 June 1914, Vol. 61, No. 29]  
    • Superintendent (1961):  M.J. Coon  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]
    • Principal (1961):  Harold Daup of Shiloh  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]
    • Board of Education, 1925
    • Parent-Teachers' Association Board, 1925 -- Mrs. Ralph Hoffman, Pres.;  Mrs. T.S. Davis, Vice-President;  Miss Stella Nye, Secretary;  Mrs. Eldon Nimmons, Treasurer.  [source:  Rich. Co. Annual 1925, p. 59]
  • Other

Plymouth Twp. District School No. 6 - Plymouth

Plymouth Township Schools - Historical

  • School No. 1 ... **see:  Opdyke
  • School No. 2 
  • School No. 3
    • Section 5, SW quarter  [Tax Booklet]
    • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Mr. E.C. Yarnell.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
    • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  12 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • School No. 4 ... **see:  Trauger / Traugher
  • School No. 5
  • School No. 6 ... **see:  North School
  • School No. 7 ... **see:  Kuhn 
  • School No. 8 ... **see:  Griffith
  • School No. 9 ... **see:  Hazel Grove
  • School No. 10 ... **see:  Marsh Run
  • School No. 11 ... **see:  Faulkner / Blackman
  • Teacher (1910-11) ... Miss E. Maud Gordon (later becoming Mrs. Ralph N. Beare).  It is unclear in which of the Plymouth schools she taught.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  26 June 1915, Vol. 62, No. 31]

Plymouth Union School - Historical

  • Principal (before 1853):  Mr. C.S. Royce  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  22 October 1853, Vol. 1, No. 1]
  • Principal (1853):  Mr. & Mrs. Spalding  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  22 October 1853, Vol. 1, No. 1]
  • Assistant Superintendent, High School (1854):  Miss M. Bassett  [Plymouth Advertiser:  26 August 1854, Vol. 1, No. 45]
  • Assistant Superintendent, Grammar Dept. (1854):  Miss M. Markham  [Plymouth Advertiser:  26 August 1854, Vol. 1, No. 45]
  • Superintendent (1854-1856):  J. Markham  [Plymouth Advertiser:  26 August 1854, Vol. 1, No. 45 & Plymouth Advertiser:  30 June 1855, Vol. 2, No. 37]
  • Board of Education (1855-56):  John Topping, E.S. Spencer, B.F. Day, Geo. W. Jinks, Daniel Baughman and A. York  [Plymouth Advertiser:  30 June 1855, Vol. 2, No. 37]

Pollock School -- see:  Raemelton / Pollock School - Madison Twp.

Pontiac School (School No. 7) - Bloominggrove Twp.

  • Teacher (Summer Term - 1896):  Grace Cline  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]

Possum Slide - see:  Oak Hall / Possum Slide School (School No. 3) - Worthington Twp.

Professor Hanna Writing School - Bellville

  • A writing school held in Bellville for several terms, circa 1877.  [Bellville Weekly:  02 March 1877]

Prospect Elementary School / "New" Prospect School - Mansfield

  • Photo of school
  • Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, this building will be housing only Kindergarten through 3rd. Grades, drawing students mainly from the southeast section of the city (roughly bounded by Park Ave. West at the north, Lexington Ave. on the west)
  • 485 Gilbert Ave., Mansfield, Ohio 44907
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • " ... was opened in 1952 on one of the more attractive sites in the city." [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Photographs
  • 6th. Grade Class.  Miss Craig, Teacher (ca. 1922)
  • Miss Steele's 1st. Grade Class (ca. 1922)
  • Mansfield Teachers Elected, 1897
  • Principal (1898-99):  Florence McBride, $50.  Also teaching D Grammar and A Primary.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1898-99):  B & C Primary, Lena Zay, $40;  D Primary, Athena Brook, $40.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • German Teacher (1898):  Margaret Feidner, $45 (splitting time between this and the Hedges Street school).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Janitor (1898):  George Main, $45 [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Principal (1958):  Charles Divelbiss  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Charles Divelbiss  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Prospect Street School (aka:  "Original" Prospect School) - Mansfield

  • "The first Prospect School was opened about 1895 on a spacious but badly-drained site in a thinly settled part of the city.  Selection of that area as a site for a school raised a rumpus in the 1890's with most of the protests coming from parents in the northern and eastern sections of town."  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • 89 Prospect Street, Mansfield [source:  Mansfield City Directory, 1908-09]
  • Photograph

Quail Trap (School No. 6) - Springfield Twp.

Quaker School

  • Teacher (1884, Spring Term):  Mattie Groves  [Bellville Star:  03 April 1884, Vol. 7, No. 27]

Raemelton / Ramelton / Pollock (School No. 5) - Madison Twp.

  • Located in Section 32
  • Pollock name provided by the Richland Shield & Banner (07 April 1894, Vol. LXXVI, No. 47)
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Maggie Finney  [Richland Shield & Banner:  14 April 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  G.F. Gregg  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  Grace Courtney  {Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7}

Raemelton Elementary School - Mansfield - CLOSED 

  • The building is still in existence, but it operates as an administration bldg.
Ranchwood Elementary School - Mansfield
  • Will CLOSE at the end of the 2006-2007 school year
  • 1033 Larchwood Rd., Mansfield, Ohio 44907
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Building sold 7/11/2007  [Mansfield News Journal:  12 July 2007]
  • Photographs, 2007
  • Principal (1958):  John Cunningham  [First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  John Cunningham  [First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]
  • Principal (ca. 1976 - 1981):  Arnold Haring

Red Brush School (School No. 5) - Jefferson Twp.

Red Haw / Red Hall (School No. 3) - Butler Twp.

  • Section 24
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Charles Heifner  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  08 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 19]

Republic Academy  - Butler (circa 1887)  [source:  The Pastfinder, September 1985, Vol. 4, No. 3]

Riblet / Riblett School (School No. 2) - Sandusky Twp.

  • Teacher (1896):  Miss Maude Shambaugh [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]
  • Summer Term Teacher (1896):  Lulu Beal [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 February 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 41]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  S.R. Wachs  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  20 June 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1897 - Summer Term):  Ada Dickson of Corsica  [Semi-Weekly News:  19 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 15]
  • Teacher (1923):  E. Jay Line  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]

Richland County Christian School

  • 751 Mill Rd., Bellville
  • Private School

Richland Co. Normal School - Mansfield

Richland Hall - near Cookton, Springfield Twp.

  • Teacher (1895):  Blanche Case
  • Teacher (Fall, 1896):  Horace Cook  [Semi-Weekly News:  06 November 1896, Vol. 12, No. 90]

Ricksecker School (School No. 5) - Springfield Twp.

  • Teacher (1887):  "Miss Carry Dudly closed her term of school in District No. 5 last Friday, giving good satisfaction.  This being her second term in this district speaks well for her as a teacher.  [Mansfield Weekly News:  23 June 1887, Vol. 3, No. 30]
  • Teacher (1887 - Fall):  Laura Mitchell  [source:  Mansfield Weekly News:  03 November 1887, Vol. 3, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  V.J. Dent  [Semi-Weekly News:  05 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 19]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Ella Lovett  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1897):  Miss Hackadorn  [Semi-Weekly News:  29 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 52]

Rome School (School No. 9) - Bloominggrove Twp.

  • Teacher (Summer Term - 1896):  Effie DeLancy  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]

Root Hans School (Jefferson Twp.)

  • Teacher (ca. 1827):  Massy Kittle  [source:  Bellville-Jefferson Township Historical Museum]
  • Teacher (ca. 1828):  Miss Lane  [source:  Bellville-Jefferson Township Historical Museum]

Roseland School - Mansfield

Roseland (School No. 3) - Madison Twp.

  • Located in Section 8
  • Group of School Children, 1915-1920
  • Photographs
  • Note:  When this school was built, 235 pupils were taken from the Bowman Street School and transferred to Roseland.  [H.L. Creveing School Dedication Booklet, 06 May 1952]
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  E.L. Terman  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96):  E.M. Terman  {Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7}
  • Principal (1958):  C.C. Secrist  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Wm. McKinnon  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Rumpus -- **see:  Lone Elm / Rumpus (School No. 2) - Butler Twp.

Russell Elementary School - Shelby

  • *see also:  Whitney School
  • 111 E. Whitney Ave., Shelby, Ohio 44875
  • Part of the Shelby City School District

Russell School - Mansfield - Historical

  • James Russell taught one term at another of the earliest schools in town.  His was a one-story log cabin which had been erected and used as a dwelling, immediately south of the log house occupied by John Wiler for a tavern, on North Main Street.  At that time, it was customary to bar the teacher out on Christmas, and require him to treat before he could take possession.  When Mr. Russell found the door barred he attempted to capture the place by assault, but, failing, climbed to the roof with the intention of entering by the chimney.  A hot fire in the huge fireplace beneath, however, drove him back;  he was compelled to retreat in confusion.  The most surprising part of the business was the demand of the scholars, which was two gallons of whisky, some cakes, apples, etc.   [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]

Saint James School 

Samuel McClure School -- Troy Township

  • Taught at his own home, two miles northwest of Lexington  [Semi-Weekly News:  17 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 75]
  • Two of his pupils were Dr. Gilead Mansfield and H.P. Davis, Esq.  [Semi-Weekly News:  17 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 75]

Samuel Minor Select School  - Mansfield 

  • Classes held in Mr. Day's building, 2nd. floor (nearly opposite the Mansion House).  [source:  The Shield & Banner (Mansfield):  20 November 1844, Vol. IV, No. 24]
  • Notice

Sandstone Hall School (circa 1883) - Pleasant Valley

  • Teacher:  Mr. Cunning
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Cora Baughman  [Richland Shield & Banner:  03 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 41]

Sandusky Township Schools - Sandusky Twp.

  • School No. 1 
    • Teacher (1896):  Miss Ella Lovett [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]
    • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  O.J. Kramer [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  20 June 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 6]
    • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Miss Rotroch  [Semi-Weekly News:  13 April 1897, Vol. 13, No. 30]
  • School No. 2 ... see:  Riblett
  • School No. 3
    • Location Map
    • Teacher (1896):  Miss Stella Milligan [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]
    • Summer Term Teacher (1896):  May Morten [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 February 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 41]
    • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Lula Dickson [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  20 June 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 6]
    • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Ida Barr  [Semi-Weekly News:  20 October 1896, Vol. 12, No. 85]
    • Teacher (1897 - Summer Term):  Clara Miller of Sandusky Twp.  [Semi-Weekly News:  19 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 15]
  • School No. 4
    • Location Map
    • Teacher (1896):  Jay Line [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]
    • Summer Term Teacher (1896):  Ida Barr [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 February 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 41]
    • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Jay Line [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  20 June 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 6]
    • Teacher (1897 - Summer Term):  Ida Barr of Polk Twp., Crawford Co., OH  [Semi-Weekly News:  19 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 15]
    • Teacher (1898):  Jay Line  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  28 January 1898, Vol. 14, No. 8]
  • School No. 5 ... see:  Beech Grove
  • *May have been a school named "Jackson" in this township (as of 7/2/1897)   [Semi-Weekly News:  02 July 1897, Vol. 13, No. 53]

Sandy Hill School (School No. 8) - Washington Twp.

  • William Ford, teacher (1872 - Winter Term)
  • Miss Jane Ferguson, teacher (1872 - Summer Term)
  • Teacher (Spring, 1891):  E.C. Wiles  [Richland Shield & Banner:  04 April 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1893 Fall Term):  R.C. Barnett  [source:  Bellville Independent:  29 June 1893, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Gray  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Gertrude Stough  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1897):  S.S. Dew   [Semi-Weekly News:  27 August 1897, Vol. 13, No. 69]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  Jay Thompson  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  C. Stough
  • Location Map
  • Location Map 2

Science Hill School (School No. ?) - Springfield Twp.

  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  Chas. Brandt  [Richland Shield & Banner:  17 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 43]
  • Miss Lena Thomas' Class (ca. 1923)

"Second & Walnut St. School" - Mansfield - Historical

  • Corner of 2nd. St. and Walnut St.

Senate Hall (School No. 4) - Franklin Twp.

Shambaugh School (School No. 1)  - Monroe Twp.
  • Student List, 1926
  • Teacher (Winter, 1886-1887):  P.J. Wigton  [Richland Shield & Banner:  05 March 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 32]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Ida Jones  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  George Balliet  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]
  • Teacher (1925):  Rea Mitchell  [source:  Rich. Co. Annual, 1925]

Shanabarger's / Shanibarger / Mt. Zion / Rebman School House (School No. 2) - Monroe Twp.

  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1887):  Pearce J. Wigton  [Richland Shield & Banner:  19 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1888):  Pearce Wigton  [Richland Shield & Banner:  03 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 41]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1888):  Hattie Baughman  [Richland Shield & Banner:  03 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 41]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1889):  T.J. Culler.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 November 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Mary Fox [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  C.O. Wiles of Lucas [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15 and Semi-Weekly News:  27 October 1896, Vol. 12, No. 87]
  • Teacher (1915):  Miss Nellie Bittinger of Plymouth.  [source: PLYMOUTH ADVERTISER: 21 August 1915, Vol. 62, No. 39 as reprinted from the Mansfield News]

Sharon Township Schools - Historical

  • School No. 1 ... **see:  Morton
  • School No. 2 ... **see:  Myers
  • School No. 3 ... **see:  Vernon / Cattey
  • School No. 4 ... **see:  Gamble
  • School No. 5 ... **see:  Will
  • School No. 6 ... **see:  Finnegan

Shelby East Primary School (Shelby) - Historical

  • School Promotions, 1867
  • Spring (1867):  Miss Sarah Chambers, taken over by Miss Anna Breckhill, due to Miss Chambers' failing health  [Shelby Chronicle:  13 June 1867, Vol. 1, No. 15]
  • Teacher (1872-1873):  Linda Hawn  [Shelby Independent News:  12 September 1872, Vol. 4, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1873-1874):  Miss Emma May  [Shelby Independent News:  24 July 1873, Vol. 5, No. 39]
  • Teacher (1874-1875):  Lizzie Meredith  [Shelby Independent News:  10 September 1874, Vol. 6, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1876-1877):  Lizzie L. Meredith  [Shelby Independent News:  29 June 1876, Vol. 8, No. 36]

Shelby East Secondary School (Shelby) - Historical

  • Spring (1867):  Miss Sarah Burns taught the first month of the year until ill health forced her to turn the school over to Miss Lillie Turner  [Shelby Chronicle:  13 June 1867, Vol. 1, No. 15]
  • Teacher (1872-1873):  Lizzie Sheppard  [Shelby Independent News:  12 September 1872, Vol. 4, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1873-1874):  Miss Libbie Gault  [Shelby Independent News:  24 July 1873, Vol. 5, No. 39]
  • Teacher (1874-1875):  Sylvester Tucker  [Shelby Independent News:  10 September 1874, Vol. 6, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1874-1875):  Emma May  [Shelby Independent News:  10 September 1874, Vol. 6, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1876-1877):  Alice S. Breckbill  [Shelby Independent News:  29 June 1876, Vol. 8, No. 36]

Shelby Grammar School (Shelby) - Historical

  • Enrollment (Week ending 9/25/1874):  43 pupils  [Shelby Independent News:  08 October 1874, Vol. 6, No. 50]
  • Teacher (1867):  Miss Matilda Buckingham  [Shelby Chronicle:  13 June 1867, Vol. 1, No. 15]
  • Teacher (1872):  Sylvester Tucker  [Shelby Independent News:  12 September 1872, Vol. 4, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1876-1877):  Sylvester Tucker  [Shelby Independent News:  29 June 1876, Vol. 8, No. 36]

Shelby High School - Shelby

Shelby Intermediate School (Shelby) - Historical

  • Spring (1867):  Miss E.E. Tiffany  [Shelby Chronicle:  13 June 1867, Vol. 1, No. 15]
  • Teacher (1872-1873):  Docia Smith  [Shelby Independent News:  12 September 1872, Vol. 4, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1873-1874):  Miss Gann of the "A" Class  [Shelby Independent News:  24 July 1873, Vol. 5, No. 39]
  • Teacher (1873-1874):  Miss Jennie Bissel of the "B" Class  [Shelby Independent News:  24 July 1873, Vol. 5, No. 39]
  • Teacher (1874-1875):  Lizzie Gann of the "A" Class, with 32 pupils [Shelby Independent News:  10 September 1874, Vol. 6, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1874-1875):  Vina Ferguson of the "B" Class with 30 pupils  [Shelby Independent News:  10 September 1874, Vol. 6, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1876-1877):  John Myers for the "A" Class  [Shelby Independent News:  29 June 1876, Vol. 8, No. 36]
  • Teacher (1876-1877):  Lizzie Gann for the "B" Class  [Shelby Independent News:  29 June 1876, Vol. 8, No. 36]

Shelby Middle School - Shelby

  • 16 Park Ave., Shelby, Ohio 44875
  • Part of the Shelby City School District

Shelby Select School (Shelby) - Historical

  • Held at the United Presbyterian Church, West Shelby beginning 4/13/1868 and continuing for 22 weeks.  (including a 2-week vacation)  Tuition $6-$10 per term.  [Shelby Chronicle:  26 March 1868, Vol. 2, No. 2]

Shelby West Primary School (Shelby) - Historical

  • School Promotions, 1867
  • Spring (1867):  Miss Ada Leitner  [Shelby Chronicle:  13 June 1867, Vol. 1, No. 15]
  • Teacher (1872-1873):  Mary Strock  [Shelby Independent News:  12 September 1872, Vol. 4, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1873-1874):  Miss Nanie Jaques  [Shelby Independent News:  24 July 1873, Vol. 5, No. 39]
  • Teacher (1874-1875):  Eva Sipe  [Shelby Independent News:  10 September 1874, Vol. 6, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1876-1877):  Mattie A. Sipe  [Shelby Independent News:  29 June 1876, Vol. 8, No. 36]

Shelby West Secondary School (Shelby) - Historical

  • Spring (1867):  Miss Mary Jones  [Shelby Chronicle:  13 June 1867, Vol. 1, No. 15]
  • Teacher (1872-1873):  Jennie Bissel  [Shelby Independent News:  12 September 1872, Vol. 4, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1873-1874):  Linda Hawn  [Shelby Independent News:  24 July 1873, Vol. 5, No. 39]
  • Teacher (1874-1875):  Linda Hawn  [Shelby Independent News:  10 September 1874, Vol. 6, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1876-1877):  Linda Hawn  [Shelby Independent News:  29 June 1876, Vol. 8, No. 36]
Shenandoah (School No. 8) - Bloominggrove Twp.
  • Class List, 1931-32
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  M.D. Roop  [Mansfield News:  15 March 1894, Vol. X, No. 9]
  • Teacher (Summer Term - 1896):  Mary Sampsell  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]
  • Teacher (1923):  Salome Ziegler  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]
  • Teacher (1931-32):  Salome Oswalt  [source:  Souvenir Programme]

Sherman Elementary School (aka:  John Sherman) - Mansfield

  • Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, this building will be housing only Kindergarten through 3rd. Grades, drawing students mainly from the northwest portion of the city (roughly bounded by Marion Ave. and Millsboro Rd on the south and Springmill Street on the east and extending out to the northern and western Mansfield city limits)
  • 1138 Springmill Rd., Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Photographs

Sherman Middle School (aka:  John Sherman)  - Mansfield - CLOSED

Shiloh Elementary School

Shiloh Middle School

Shiloh High School

Shiloh School - Cass Twp.

Simpson Middle School / John Simpson Junior High School - Mansfield

"Six Corners" School - Plymouth Twp.  [source:  SHELBY INDEPENDENT NEWS:  30 September 1875, Vol. 7, No. 49]

Skunk's Misery -- **see:  Beech Grove / Skunk's Misery (School No. 6) - Butler Twp.

South Gamble Street School - Historical - Shelby

  • First school building in Shelby, the first teacher was Debby Moyer  [Shelby Independent News:  06 July 1876, Vol. 8, No. 37]

South Main Street (Free) Kindergarten - Mansfield

  • Teachers (Fall, 1898):  Miss Isabel King, Principal;  Miss Blanche McCoy and Mary Moore, Assistants.  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 82]

South School (School No. 8) - Jefferson Twp.

Springfield Township Schools - Springfield Twp.

  • School No. 1 ... see:  Springmill / Lower Ricksecker District
  • School No. 2 ... see:  Beech Grove
  • School No. 3 ... see:  Beam Road School
  • School No. 4 ... 
    • Location Map
    • Teacher (1896):  Orlin Dent  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]
    • Teacher (Spring, 1897):  O.S. D____   [Semi-Weekly News:  26 February 1897, Vol. 13, No. 17]
    • Teacher (1898):  Miss King.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  01 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 17]
  • School No. 5 ... see:  Ricksecker
  • School No. 6 ... see:  Quail Trap
  • School No. 7
    • Teacher (Fall Term, 1897):  Laura Milligan  [Semi-Weekly News:  29 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 52]
  • School No. 8 ... see:  Houts School
  • School No. 9 ... see:  Carter
  • School No. 10 ... Location Map
    • Teacher (Winter/Spring, 1887):  Charles Trimble   [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 January 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 23]
    • Teacher (Fall Term, 1897):  Horace Cook  [Semi-Weekly News:  29 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 52]
    • Teacher (Spring, 1899):  Zuleika Wachs  [Mansfield News:  29 June 1899]
  • School No. 11 ...
  • Richland Hall ... *see Richland Hall entry
  • May have been a school named "Pleasant Hill" in this township.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 May 1891, p. 1]
  • Science Hill School ... see:  Science Hill School
  • One of the school houses (ca. 1894) near Ontario was called the "Forbes" school.  [Mansfield News:  31 January 1894]
Springfield Twp. School (now Ontario High School) - Ontario
Springmill Elementary School - Mansfield
  • 1200 Nestor Drive, Mansfield
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, this building will be housing only 4th. through 6th. grades, drawing students mainly from the northwest section of the city.  (roughly bordered by Bowman Street on the east and West Fourth Street at the south, extending outward to the western and northern city limits)
  • Photograph

Springmill School / Lower Ricksecker District (School No. 1) - Springfield Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Cora Hetler  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 April 1897, Vol. 13, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1897):  V. Dent  [Semi-Weekly News:  29 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 52]
  • Teacher (Summer 1898):  Laura VerBeck  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  08 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 28]
  • "District No. 1, known as the lower Ricksecker district, is to get the new school house this year."  [Richland Shield & Banner:  21 May 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 52]

St. James School (School No. 5) - Mifflin Twp.

  • "The St. James school house, north of this place (Lucas), was burned to the ground the night of the 19th.;  caused by a hot fire being left in the stove, together with a lot of kindling wood having been left under the stove to dry for morning fire."  [Richland Shield & Banner:  28 January 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 36]
  • Teacher (Summer 1895):  Miss Maud Mowry  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  02 March 1895, Vol. LXXVII, No. 42]
  • Teacher (1896):  Mary Mowers [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 February 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 41]
  • Teacher (1896 - Winter Term):  Thomas Culler  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  05 September 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 17]  Thomas Culler was also going to "superintend the schools in Mifflin twp. for the coming year".

St. Mary's Elementary School - Mansfield

  • 420 Newman St., Mansfield
  • Principal (1958):  Sister Mary Chrysostom  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Sister Josepha  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

St. Mary's Catholic School - Shelby

St. Peter's Elementary School - Mansfield - Private

  • 67 S. Mulberry Street, Mansfield
  • Website (external link)
  • Principal (1958):  Sister Tarcisius  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Sister Basilissa  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

St. Peter's High School - Mansfield - Private

  • Location (current):  S. Mulberry Street, Mansfield
  • Location as of 1881-82:  22 and 23 S. Walnut Street, corner of First Street.  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Location as of 1961:  W. First St.  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]
  • Website (external link)
  • Location Map
  • Photo, 1958 (submitted by Aaron T.)
  • Teachers (1881-82):  Sisters of St. Joseph  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Principal (1958):  Sister Tarcisius  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Sister Tarcisius  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]
  • see:  Lookups page for research on other years

St. Peter's Montessori School - Mansfield - Private

Stackhouse School  [Semi-Weekly News:  29 January 1897, Vol. 13, No. 9]

  • location unknown - possibly near Darlington

Stadium Elementary School - Mansfield

  • 215 N. Trimble Rd., Mansfield - opposite Arlin Field (football stadium belonging to Mansfield City Schools)
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Photographs
  • Principal (1958):  Oscar Krebs  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Jesse M. Clark  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]
  • Set to close at the end of the 2001-2002 school year due to cost issues in the Mansfield City Schools.  Students who previously would have attended Stadium will be sent to Sherman Elementary School  [Source:  Mansfield News Journal, 26 March 2002.]

Stanton's Spring School (Jefferson Twp.)

  • Teacher:  Sal Johnson  [source:  Bellville-Jefferson Twp. Historical Museum]
Steel / Steele School (School No. 2) - Jefferson Twp.

Stewart (Steward) Road Elementary - Mansfield

  • Part of the Madison School System
  • 1108 Grace Street in Mansfield
  • Principal (1958):  Mrs. Helen Light  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1959-60):  Helen Light of Mansfield
  • Principal (1961):  Mrs. Helen Light  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Stingel Primary School (grades K,1,2) - Ontario

  • 426 Shelby-Ontario Road, Mansfield, Ohio 44906
  • Part of the Ontario Local School District
  • website  (external link)

Stingel Intermediate School (grades 3,4,5) - Ontario

  • 426 Shelby-Ontario Road, Mansfield, Ohio 44906
  • Part of the Ontario Local School District
  • website  (external link)
Stone School House (circa 1877) - Monroe Twp.

Sycamore Valley School -- **see:  Hanawalt School

Terman (School No. 12) - Madison Twp.

Texas School - Shelby

  • First school house built in Shelby, a log building with rough benches made of hewn slabs, and slabs placed along the walls were used as desks.  [Bellville Messenger:  16 July 1903, Vol. 11, No. 28]

Third Ward School - Mansfield -- * see also:  Bushnell School

Timothy Evarts School - Jefferson Twp.

  • First public school in Jefferson Twp., taught by Timothy Evarts in in 1818.  Stood on the old state road, a short distance north of Honey Creek.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  29 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 25]

Trauger / Traugers / Traugher School (School No. 4) - Plymouth Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Section 1, SW Quarter  [Tax Booklet]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1914):  Miss Georgia Summers.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]
  • Student Enrollment (Fall, 1914):  9 pupils.  [source:  Plymouth Advertiser:  17 October 1914, Vol. 61, No. 48]

Trimble (School No. 4) - Madison Twp.

  • Located in Section 19
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  J.H. Donelson  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  J.H. Donaldson  {Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7}

Troy Township Schools (circa 1896) - Troy Twp.

Trucks & Ayers Settlement School (in Ganges) - Historical

Union School / Union Hall (School No. 1) - Washington Twp.

  • Teacher (1872 Winter Term):  Joseph Fleming
  • Teacher (1872 Summer Term):  Lizzie Pollock
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1887):  G.W. McFarland  [Richland Shield & Banner:  05 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 24]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  G.W. McFarland  [Richland Shield & Banner:  24 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 44]
  • Teacher (1889 Spring Term):  G.W. McFarland.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  06 April 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 46]
  • Teacher (1889 Winter Term):  Mr. Miller of Mt. Gilead  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 November 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1891):  M.D. Miller  [Richland Shield & Banner: 21 March 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1891):  Maggie Finney (of Mansfield)  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 April 1891, Vol. LXXIII, No. 47]
  • Teacher (1893 Fall Term):  O.M. Ray  [source:  Bellville Independent:  29 June 1893, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss McCarty  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Ervena Hull  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1897):  O.F. Beverage  [Semi-Weekly News:  25 June 1897, Vol. 13, No. 51]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  S.P. Baughman  [Semi-Weekly News:  09 November 1897, Vol. 13, No. 90]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  George Snider  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Teacher (1923):  E.A. McFarland  [Richland County Leader:  04 January 1923, Vol. 4, No. 1]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  G.B. McFarland
  • Students With Perfect Attendance Spring Term, 1894

Union Grove / Gass School (School No. 1) - Troy Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  Miss Haner  [Semi-Weekly News: 03 August 1897, Vol. 13, No. 62]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Miss Carrie Haner  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  11 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 20]
  • Some students (1923):  Doris Calver, Clarence Griebling  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Demolished

Union Hall School - Worthington Twp.

Union Local School - Ontario/Mansfield

  • Part of the Springfield Local School District
  • Principal (1959-60):  Richard Gross of Mansfield

Union Rural School - Weller Twp.

Unknown School - Jefferson Twp.

  • Stood near the Timothy Evarts' school site.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  29 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 25]
  • Teacher:  Mrs. Lucy (Palmer) Oldfield  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  29 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 25]
  • Early students included:  Calvin Robinson;  Henry N. Hamilton (59th. New York Reg't);  Olive Howard (Mrs. Simon B. Young);  Solon and Amelia Morrow;  Andrew, Eli and Levi Evarts (sons of Reuben Evarts);  the Howard boys; the Morrow boys;  Abner Oldfield;  Dolph Hamilton;  David and Samuel Beal;  the Wentlingers;  the Carpenters; and Miss Cross.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  29 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 25]

Unknown School - Mansfield - Historical

  • Another of the earliest Mansfield schools was taught in a cabin which stood in the alley back of Niman's undertaking establishment.   [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 January 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 35]

Updyke School - see:  Opdyke School (School No. 1) - Plymouth Twp.

Upper Canada School (Bellville, Jefferson Twp.)  [source:  Bellville-Jefferson Township Historical Museum]

Valley Hall / Sandstone (School No. 7) - Monroe Twp. 

  • located in Pleasant Valley
  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1888):  James Hazlett  [Bellville Star:  22 March 1888, Vol. 11, No. 26]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  Effie Wiles  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Miss Hulderman  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  Samuel Snavely  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15 & Semi-Weekly News:  09 October 1896, Vol. 12, No. 82]
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1897):  Samuel Snavely  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 April 1897, Vol. 13, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  William Kramer [Cramer] of Butler  [Semi-Weekly News:  10 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 73]

Vernon / Cattey (School No. 3) - Sharon Twp.

  • Located in Section 24
  • Additional info. about this school (external link)
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1898):  Harry Orweiler  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  28 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 54]

Victor Hall - Oakland 

  • Victor Hall School Society
    • Organized in December, 1893 -- A. Wolford, President;  Calvin Fisher, Vice-President;  Miss Eliza Myers, Secretary;  Edwin Robinson, Treasurer.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  16 December 1893, Vol. LXXVI, No. 30]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1894):  Effie Saltzgaber  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  07 April 1894, Vol. LXXVI, No. 47]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1896):  Carrie Hughes  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  28 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 46]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1896):  Effie Saltzgaber  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  28 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 46]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1896):  Miss Huffman of Olivesburg  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  31 October 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 25]

Vine Hill / Cherry School (School No. 5) - Troy Twp.

  • Located in the southwestern corner of Section 25
  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Winter, 1897):  Mr. Cupp  [Semi-Weekly News: 03 August 1897, Vol. 13, No. 62]

Wallace / Pleasant Hill / Lincoln / Lincoln Heights (School No. 8) - Madison Twp.

  • Located in Section 23
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  G.W. McFarland  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  George Cashell  {Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7}

Walnut Hall (School No. 5) - Monroe Twp.

  • Student List, 1926
  • Location Map
  • Teacher (1852-1854):  George W. Ridge  [see:  biography of Louisa Zody Smart]
  • Teacher (after 1854):  George L. Reed, half-brother of J.M. Reed, who later moved to Kansas and became an editor of one its' newspapers.  [see:  biography of Louisa Zody Smart]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  Mary Switzer  [Richland Shield & Banner:  03 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 41]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1888):  Miss Zimmerman from near Perrysville  [Richland Shield & Banner:  03 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 41]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  E.B. Baughman  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  F.H. Winegardner  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1901):  Lucy Tucker  [Mansfield News:  03 July 1901, Vol. 17, No. 105]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1902):  Dora Wheeler  [Bellville Messenger:  23 May 1902, Vol. X, No. 21]
  • Teacher (1925):  Margaret Gildea  [source:  Rich. Co. Annual, 1925]

Walnut Hill (School No. 7) - Jefferson Twp. 

Washington Township Schools

  • School No. 1 ... **see:  Union / Union Hall School
  • School No. 2 ... **see:  Floral Hall School
  • School No. 3 ... **see:  Whitehall School
  • School No. 4 ... **see:  Pleasant Hall School
  • School No. 5 ... **see:  Chestnut Chapel School
  • School No. 6 ... **see:  Center Hall School
  • School No. 7 ... **see:  Bridgeport School
  • School No. 8 ... **see:  Sandy Hill School
  • School No. 9 ... **see:  Oakland School
  • School No. 10 ... *see:  Cherry Valley School
  • Simpson District
    • Teacher (Fall/Winter, 1897):  Boyd Robinson  [Semi-Weekly News:  03 September 1897, Vol. 13, No. 71]
  • Students Not Tardy or Absent During April, 1891
  • Students Not Tardy Nor Absence Summer Term, 1891
  • Washington Village School Graduates, 1902
  • Some Washington Twp. School Children, 1850  (see Pastfinder 19/2 at the Richland Co. Gen. Society website)
  • School Board, 1897 ... "Washington.  The following members of the board of education were elected his spring.  District No. 1, William Hammett, No. 3, W.S. Brandt;  No. 4, H.C. Collins;  No. 5, J.F. Gerhart.  The new board organized by electing S.K. Pearce president."  [Semi-Weekly News:  27 April 1897, Vol. 13, No. 34]

Weaver School - Jefferson Twp.

  • Between the Pleasant Hill and Steel schools  [source:  Bellville-Jefferson Township Historical Museum]

Weller High School - Weller Twp.

Weller Township Schools - Weller Twp.

West Bloom Street (Free) Kindergarten - Mansfield

West Fifth Street Elementary School / Bloom Street School - Mansfield

  • 156 W. Fifth Street, Mansfield
  • "A school building went up there in 1869, only four years after the Civil War, and the building was named Bloom Street School.  West Fifth St. formerly was Bloom Street."  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • "After several additions to that school, a new building was erected beside the old in the early 1950's.  The old one was razed."  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Photographs
  • Miss Mae Wilkinson's 1st. Grade Class (date unknown)
  • Miss Martha Evans' 1st. Grade Class (date unknown)
  • Vera Smythe's 6th. Grade Class (ca. 1923)
  • Mansfield Teachers Elected, 1897
  • Florence Berry's 3rd. Grade Class (ca. 1922)
  • Principal (1958):  Geo. W. Taylor  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  Robert O. Hartman  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]
  • Picture of School  [Mansfield & Richland County Directory, 1891]
  • North side of Bloom Street, west of Mulberry St.  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • The following pupils of the A and B Grammar School No. 2, Bloom Street, were neither tardy nor absent during the entire year:  Charles Horn, Rizdon Stanbaugh, Jay Foulk, Vertie Knight, Kittie Holway, Minnie Shea, Nonnie Handley, Rose Walsh, May Wilkinson, Etta Bilestine, Lola Nunmaker and Nettie Heiss.  [source:  Mansfield Herald:  11 June 1885, Vol. 35, No. 30]
  • Principal (1881-82):  Miss Matilda Snyder  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Principal (1898-99):  Sarah M. Marvin, $80.  Also to teach A & B Grammar.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1881-82):  A & B Grammar No. 2, Miss Matilda Snyder;  C & D Grammar No. 2, Miss Maggie J. Love;  A & B Secondary No. 2, Miss Mary Hyde;  A Primary No. 2, Miss Cora Mason;  B Primary No. 2, Miss Anna M. Adams;  English & German No. 1, Miss M. Miller.  [source:  The Herald's Directory To Mansfield, Ohio, 1881-82] 
  • Teachers (1898-99):  C & D Grammar, Elizabeth Fisher, $45;  D Grammar, Bertha Reinewald, $45;  C Primary, Mary Statler, $40;  B Primary, Ada Princehorn, $40;  D Primary, Mae Wilkinson, $45;  C Primary, Flora Lentzy, $40;  D Primary, Carrie B. Runyon, $45.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • German Teacher (1898):  Sophie Ruess, $40 (splitting time between this and the Bowman Street school).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1887-1888):  Principal and teacher of A and B grammar No. 2, Miss M.E. Snyder;  C and D grammar No. 3, Miss Lillie Hildreth;  C and D grammar No. 4, Miss Lizzie Auld;  A secondary No. 3, Miss Alice M. Jarvis;  B secondary No. 3, Miss Minnie Hedges;  A primary No. 3, Miss Ida Fitger;  B primary No. 3, Miss Hattie Harris.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  11 June 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 3]
  • Janitor (1898):  James M. Barrett, $50 (splitting time between this and the Hedges and Newman Street schools).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]

West First Street Elementary School - Mansfield

  • 103 W. First Street, Mansfield
  • Opened in 1871  [Mansfield News Journal:  04 August 1974, p. 5B]
  • Photo  (Submitted by Aaron T.)
  • Miss Anna Rettig's Classroom (date unknown)
  • 7th. Grade Class Taught by Hazel Craig (date unknown - probably Jan., 1923)
  • 8th. Grade Class Taught by Lillian Schad (Jan., 1923)
  • Principal (1898-99):  Frank Jameson $80, also to teach A & B Grammar.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Teachers (1898-99):  C Grammar, Maggie Ritchie, $45;  D Grammar, Fannie E. Thomas, $45;  A Primary, Lulu K. Hall, $40;  B Primary, Jessie McKay, $40;  D Primary, Anna M. Proctor, $45;  D Primary, Anna Rettig, $45.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Mansfield Teachers Elected, 1897
  • Mansfield Grammar School Students Promoted to the High School, 1897
  • German Teacher (1898):  Eliza Weiskotten, $50 (splitting time between this and the Marion Ave. school).  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Janitor (1898):  Ed Frankberger, $50.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  10 June 1898, Vol. 14, No. 49]
  • Principal (1958):  E.W. Kissel  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  E.W. Kissel  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

West Point - Mansfield

  • Teacher (Spring, 1890): C.C. Markley  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  27 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 18]
Western Avenue School  - Mansfield

Western Elementary School - Lexington  (external link)

  • Photograph
  • Built 1962  [The Pastfinder:  December 1988, Vol. 7, No. 4]
  • W. Main Street, Lexington, Ohio 44904
  • Part of the Lexington Local School District

Whippoorwill School - near Shenandoah  (Bloominggrove Twp.)

  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Otto Powell  [Mansfield News:  21 March 1894, Vol. X, No. 15]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1901):  Jennie Owens  [Mansfield News:  03 July 1901, Vol. 17, No. 105]

White Hall (Whitehall) School (School No. 6) - Worthington Twp. 

  • Located on the northern boundary where Sections 35 and 36 meet.
  • Teacher (Spring Term, 1894):  H.L. Berry  [source:  Bellville Independent:  05 April 1894, Vol. 6, No. 47]
  • Teacher, 1898 -- Miss Minnie Bollinger [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1897):  A.F. Secrist  [Semi-Weekly News:  26 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  A.F. Secrist  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  18 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  I.V. Maffat  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  21 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 87]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1903):  L.M. Garber  [Bellville Messenger:  21 August 1903, Vol. 11, No. 33]
  • Teacher, 1905 -- Chas. Harris  [Butler Enterprise:  07 July 1905, Vol. 17, No. 22]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1905):  Essie Garber  [Bellville Messenger:  10 March 1905, Vol. 13, No. 7]
  • Teacher (Fall Term, 1906):  D. Hyatt  [Bellville Messenger:  03 August 1906, Vol. 14, No. 27]

White Hall / Whitehall (School No. 7) - Butler Twp.

  • Section 29
  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  'Squire Kramer  [Richland Shield & Banner:  10 March 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 42]

Whitehall School (School No. 6) - Bloominggrove Twp.

  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Summer Term - 1896):  Bessie Grabill  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]

Whitehall / White Hall School (School No. 3) - Washington Twp.

  • Teacher (Winter Term -1872):  L.K. Pierce
  • Teacher (Summer Term - 1872):  Miss Francenia Armstrong
  • Teacher (Winter, 1886):  C.H. Clever  [Richland Shield & Banner:  20 November 1886, Vol. LXIX, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1887):  Callie Maglott  [Richland Shield & Banner:  06 August, 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 11]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1889):  S.A. Miller.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  23 March 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1889):  Bertha Taylor.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  23 March 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1890):  S.A. Miller  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  06 March 1890, Vol. 5, No. 310]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Bertha Taylor  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  25 March 1890, Vol. 6, No. 16]
  • Teacher (1893 Fall Term):  T.P. Taylor  [source:  Bellville Independent:  29 June 1893, Vol. 6, No. 6]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  Miss Maglott  [Mansfield News:  01 March 1894, Vol. IX, No. 312]
  • Teacher (Summer Term - 1896):  David Secrist  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 February 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 41]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1896):  J.J. Charles  [Semi-Weekly News:  10 November 1896, Vol. 12, No. 91]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1897):  Cora Morgan  [Semi-Weekly News:  02 March 1897, Vol. 13, No. 18]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1897):  J.J. Charles   [Semi-Weekly News:  27 August 1897, Vol. 13, No. 69]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  J.J. Charles  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  29 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 25]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Miss Lanehart  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  25 February 1898, Vol. 14, No. 16]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  O.M. Ray  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 November 1898, Vol. 14, No. 91]
  • Board of Education Member (1896):  W.S. Brandt

Whitney School - Shelby

Wilderness Hill (School No. 10) - Monroe Twp.

  • Teacher (Spring, 1887):  Sylvia Chew  [Richland Shield & Banner:  07 May 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 50]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1887):  Webster Tucker  [Richland Shield & Banner:  26 November 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Dosia Stevens   [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  03 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 24]
  • Teacher (1896):  Albert Culler  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  21 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 45]
  • Teacher (Summer Term, 1896):  Emma Gray  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner: 14 March 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 44]
  • Teacher (Winter Term, 1896):  Alfred Culler  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  22 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 15]

Will School (School No. 5) - Sharon Twp. - Historical

William Spears School - Private - Jefferson Twp.

  • Taught in 1815-16-17  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  29 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 25]

Windsor School (School No. 2) - Mifflin Twp.

  • The school was being taught by L.M. Inhoff as of 1885.  [Source:  THE MANSFIELD HERALD:  08 January 1885, Vol. 35, No. 8]
  • Teacher (1887):  George Gregg (for his 2nd. term).  [Source:  Mansfield Weekly News:  04 August 1887, Vol. 3, No. 36]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Maggie Colwell  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  12 February 1890, Vol. 5, No. 291]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  Mary Brokaw of Lafayette  [Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  06 July 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 8]
  • Teacher (1896-97 school year):  Mary Brokaw  [Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  20 June 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 6]
  • School Director elected (1890):  Dr. I.F. Narkel  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  24 April 1890, Vol. 6, No. 42]

Wolf / Wolff's Ridge School (School No. 3) - Troy Twp. 

  • Located in the northeastern portion of Section 5
  • Teacher (Spring, 1898):  Miss Hallaway of near Johnsville.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  15 March 1898, Vol. 14, No. 21]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Clyde Coe of near Lexington [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  05 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 27]
  • Teacher (Fall, 1898):  V.J. Dent  [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  11 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 84]

Wolford / Wolford's / Walford's School (School No. 4) - Weller Twp.

Woodland Elementary School - Mansfield
  • Traditionally this school housed students from Kindergarten through 5th. grades.  Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, this building will be housing only Kindergarten through 3rd. Grades, drawing students mainly from the southwest section of the city (roughly bounded by Park Ave. W. at the north, Marion Ave. and Millsboro Rd. on the west, and Lexington Ave. at the east) 
  • 460 Davis Rd., Mansfield
  • Location Map
  • Part of the Mansfield City School District
  • Photographs
  • Principal (1958):  B.H. Robinson  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1961):  B.H. Robinson  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Woodville (School No. 6) - Madison Twp. 

  • Located in Section 34
  • Attendance Report ... Nov. 20, 1882 thru Mar. 15, 1883
  • Teacher (Spring, 1887):  Ed. C. Wiles  [Richland Shield & Banner:  07 May 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 50]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1887):  A.B. Moore  [Richland Shield & Banner:  08 October 1887, Vol. LXX, No. 20]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  A.B. Moore  [Richland Shield & Banner:  05 May 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 50]
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  George Cashel  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  W.H. Hoover  {Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7}
  • Custodian (dates unknown):  Jacob J. Ungerer  [Obituary -- Mansfield News Journal:  28 January 1956]
  • "The Woodville Sabbath School, 1½ miles south of the city, organized May 4, in the Woodville School house, now has a membership of 70 scholars, and is constantly increasing.  J.C. Vennum, of this city, is superintendent of the school."   [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  12 May 1890, Vol. 6, No. 57]
  • Some students in March, 1894:  Minnie Hill, Tom Dickerson, Goldia Varner, Howard Hamblin, Clara Swisher, Sylvia Varner, George Perry, Charles Fickel, Ida Swisher, Guy Hamblin, Isaac Perry, Myrtle Patterson, Roy Swisher, Ida Varner, Vernon Finney, Allie Hamblin, Milo Patterson.  [Mansfield News:  20 March 1894, Vol. X, No. 14]
  • Some students in May, 1888:  Mary Cromer, Myrta Newlon, Florence Esselburn, Allie Hamblin, Maud Keil.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  05 May 1888, Vol. LXX, No. 50]

Woodville School - Mansfield - CLOSED

  • Part of the Madison School System
  • 875 Woodville Road in Mansfield (NE Corner of Woodville and Cook Rds.).  The building is still standing, but is in a very, very bad condition.
  • Location Map
  • Photographs
  • Principal (1958):  Mrs. Dale Gorby  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1959-60):  Mrs. Dale Gorby of Mansfield
  • Principal (1961):  Mrs. Dale Gorby  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Wooster Heights Elementary - Mansfield

  • 1419 Grace Street, Mansfield, Ohio 44905
  • Part of the Madison School System
  • Location Map
  • Principal (1958):  Kenneth R. Miller  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1958]
  • Principal (1959-60):  Kenneth R. Miller of Mansfield
  • Principal (1961):  Kenneth R. Miller  [source:  First National Bank (Mansfield) Almanac, 1961]

Worthington Twp. Schools - Worthington Twp.

  • School No. 1 ... see:  Darling Settlement School
  • School No. 1 ... see:  Pleasant Hill School
  • School No. 2 ... see:  Newville School 
  • School No. 3 ... see:  Oak Hall / Oak Hill / Possum Slide
  • School No. 4 ... see:  Center Hall School
  • School No. 5 ... see:  Black Swamp School 
  • School No. 6 ... see:  Whitehall / White Hall School 
  • School No. 7 ... see:  Bellview / Bellvue School 
  • School No. 8 ... see:  Pleasant Valley / Cave School
  • Mt. Vesuvius / Turkey Knob  [source:  Bellville Star:  26 July 1883, Vol. 6, No. 43]
    • The building was scheduled to be sold on Aug. 7, 1886  [Bellville Star:  22 July 1886, Vol. 9, No. 43] 
    • The building was scheduled to be sold on September 18, 1886.  [Bellville Star:  09 September 1886, Vol. 9, No. 50] 
    • Teacher (Winter, 1879):  Alex. McBride took over after the removal of the former teacher  [The Richland Star:  25 December 1879, Vol. III, No. 13]
    • Teacher (1884, Spring Term):  Effie Smith  [Bellville Star:  03 April 1884, Vol. 7, No. 27]
  • Hurricane Deck School  [Bellville Star:  06 May 1886, Vol. 9, No. 32]
    • Teacher (Summer, 1886):  Bertie Switzer  [Richland Shield & Banner:  24 July 1886, Vol. LXIX, No. 10]
    • The building was scheduled to be sold on Aug. 7, 1886  [Bellville Star:  22 July 1886, Vol. 9, No. 43]  
    • The building was scheduled to be sold on September 18, 1886.  [Bellville Star:  09 September 1886, Vol. 9, No. 50]
  • Independence School  [Bellville Star:  19 November 1885, Vol. 9, No. 8]
  • Germany School
    • The building was scheduled to be sold on September 18, 1886.  [Bellville Star:  09 September 1886, Vol. 9, No. 50]
    • Teacher (Winter, 1879):  Miranda Palm  [Richland Star:  27 November 1879]
    • Teacher (Winter, 1885-86):  Gus Freehafer  [Bellville Star:  01 April 1886, Vol. 9, No. 27]
    • "Independence.  Tom Simmons had bad luck while moving the Germany School house on Tuesday.  He ran onto a stump and tore the whole end out.  It will now have to be all taken apart before it can be moved."  [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 January 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 23]
  • Sultry School  [Bellville Star:  19 November 1885, Vol. 9, No. 8]
    • The building was scheduled to be sold on September 18, 1886.  [Bellville Star:  09 September 1886, Vol. 9, No. 50]
    • Teacher (Winter, 1879):  Levi Mengert  [Richland Star:  27 November 1879]
    • Teacher (Winter, 1886):  Marvin Statler  [Bellville Star:  25 March 1886, Vol. 9, No. 26]
    • Teacher (Fall, 1886):  Mack McClellan  [Bellville Star:  11 November 1886, Vol. 10, No. 7] 
    • Teacher (Winter, 1886):  Mack McClellan  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 October 1886, Vol. LXIX, No. 22]
    • Teacher (Spring, 1888):  Nora Swank  [Bellville Star:  05 July 1888, Vol. 11, No. 41]
    • Independence.  Jonathan Cramer and John Swendal have commenced work on the new Sultry school house.  [Richland Shield & Banner:  24 July 1886, Vol. LXIX, No. 10]
  • Ring District School
    • "Independence.  The new ring district school house will be dedicated on Friday evening of next week, 7th. inst.  Prof. Stubbs, of Berea, will be here to make the dedication speech.  This alone ought to insure a big crowd."    [Richland Shield & Banner:  01 January 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 23]
    • "Independence:  The new ring district school house is fast nearing completion."  [Richland Shield & Banner:  16 October 1886, Vol. LXIX, No. 22]
    • "Independence.  The "ring district" school, taught by Prof. L.C. Menger, Dora Plank and Mrs. L.C. Mengert, closed last Friday.  These three schools have something over 150 scholars and their closing day was very entertaining and interesting."  [Richland Shield & Banner:  02 April 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 36]
    • Located on Bill Clever's property, back of Jim Traxler's  [Bellville Star:  27 May 1886, Vol. 9, No. 35]
  • Frank Lanehart School at "Knotty Oak"  [Richland Shield & Banner:  26 March 1887, Vol. LXIX, No. 35]
  • Patterson Commencement:  1905

*In the 05 April 1894 issue of the Bellville Independent (Vol. 6, No. 47), there was mention of a Pleasant Hill school in Worthington Twp., where they announced that the teacher for the Spring Term of school that year would be A.R. Pritchard.  I am not certain as to which school they were referring to in Worthington Twp., based on the previously gathered school names.  From other information given in the article, they were not referring to the above mentioned Pleasant Valley / Cave school. -- AEA  4/08/2003

Yankeetown (School No. 1) - Oakland - Madison Twp.

  • Located in Section 2
  • Location Map
  • Teacher (Summer, 1881):  Mary A. Earnest  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  24 September 1881, Vol. XLI, No. 19]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1890):  Mary Hersh  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  12 February 1890, Vol. 5, No. 291]
  • Teacher (Winter, 1890):  Frank Pittenger  [source:  Mansfield Evening News:  16 January 1890, Vol. 5, No. 268]
  • Teacher (Spring, 1894):  M.D. Miller  [source:  Mansfield News:  14 March 1894, Vol. X, No. 8]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1894):  Maggie Colwell  [source:  Mansfield News:  14 March 1894, Vol. X, No. 8]
  • Teacher (Fall/Winter Term, 1894):  R.E. Kerr  [Richland Shield & Banner:  23 June 1894, Vol. LXXVII, No. 6]
  • Teacher (1895-96 school year):  Olive "Ollie" Dillon  {Source:  RICHLAND SHIELD & BANNER:  29 June 1895, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 7}
  • The school year of 1896, began April 7th. with an attendance of 36 pupils.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  11 April 1896, Vol. LXXVIII, No. 48]
  • Teacher (Summer, 1898):  Mary Brokaw.  [source:  Semi-Weekly News (Mansfield):  15 April 1898, Vol. 14, No. 30]
  • Teacher (1923):  J.E. Perry  [Richland County Leader:  05 April 1923, Vol. 2, No. 13]
  • Some Students (9/1881):  Stella Hursh, Laura Bitner, Florence Garrison, Alice Bush, Fannie Fox, Melvine Gates, Orrie Hush [sic.], Scott Hicox, Mary Hursh, Allie Bush, Dermie Fox, Charley Bitner, Scott Hickox   [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  24 September 1881, Vol. XLI, No. 19]
  • High Grades of Students of Madison Twp. School, 1884

General Richland Co. School Links:

A word about Patterson and Boxwell Commencements ...

"The thirteenth and last annual Patterson or Boxwell commencement was held Saturday afternoon in the high school auditorium, Mansfield, when more than one hundred pupils, representing every township in the county, passed from the grade schools into the high schools.  About 85 per cent of the graduates usually attend some high school in the county.  The new school code does away with the Patterson and Boxwell laws, and next year the pupils will go from the eighth grades without any public examination." [source:  PLYMOUTH ADVERTISER: 25 July 1914, Vol. 61, No. 36]

A word from the State Inspector of Shops and Factories and State School Commissioner (1898)   [source:  Mansfield Semi-Weekly News:  04 October 1898, Vol. 14, No. 82]

State Inspector of Shops and Factories J.W. Knaub and State School Commissioner Lewis D. Bonebrake have just issued a joint announcement of the operation of the new Davis act of last winter which affects both the compulsory education act and the acts concerning employment of minors in shops and factories.  The following is based upon the opinion of the attorney interpreting the law:

1.  That boys must go to school until 15 years of age and girls (except when working at household work) until 16 years of age;  and,

2.  That inspectors of workshops and factories are empowered to co-operate with truant officers in the prosecution of violations of the provisions of the Davis law.  

The school enumerations of Richland County (1889), shows 11,158 pupils entitled to school privilege.  Total enumeration of the state is 1,120,522.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  23 November 1889, Vol. LXXII, No. 27]

According to an enumeration of school children done in August, 1896, there were the following school children in Mansfield ....  1st. Ward - 502;  2nd. Ward - 314;  3rd. Ward - 393;  4th. Ward - 510;  5th. Ward - 536;  6th. Ward - 367;  7th. Ward - 254;  8th. Ward - 301;  9th. Ward - 462;  10th. Ward - 282.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  08 August 1896, Vol. LXXIX, No. 13]

The following teachers passed the special examination in Physiology, as required by the new law, held by the county examiners Dec. 29:  Franklin Lanehart, Miller Gatton, A.M. Stewart, J.F. Dill, J.M. Fry, A.L. Freehaver, A.R. Stickler, E.S. Peck, Anna M. Benton, F.C. Fenner, J.F. Lewis, Edwin Weh, Alva Woods, A.G. Dickerson, Ella Woods, Emma Woods, E.E. Wilson, Lewis Dickes, Kate Morrow and S.L. Ford.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  12 January 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 34]

The following persons passed the teachers examination held Dec. 29, 1888;  Clara A. Shepard, Ruth Opdyke and Ada Gedney, Shiloh;  Chas. W. Chew, Anna Cunning, Mary A. Parry, Oliver Swigart, Cora Banyan, Eva Tucker and Emma Baughman, Lucas;  Harry B. Taylor, Barnes;  Minnie Mitchell, Hastings;  Bertha Sweet, Oliver Robinson, Mary Robinson, Nora Sweet, Wm. Garber and Una Knox, Bellville;  Nellie Harrington, Dexter Fallin and Wellington T. Huntsman, Darlington;  Logan Isenberg, Fredericktown;  B.F. Traxler, Butler;  James Brubaker, Shelby;  Cora Dennis, Jessie George, Tillie Garret, Edgar M. Brown and Mary McCarty, Lexington;  Kate Robinson, D. Campbell, Pavonia;  Tobias Harvey, Shiloh;  Jennie Colwell, Mansfield, were successful at the examination held Jan. 5.  The following persons passed the physiology examination:  Mary Reed, Jane Shellbeyer, G.W. Bricker, G.F. Gregg, E. Bollinger, D.W. Oswalt, I.C. Vrerr, Elmer Vrerr and D.D. Landis.  [source:  Richland Shield & Banner:  26 January 1889, Vol. LXXI, No. 36]

$21,763.20 in taxes were levied against the citizens of Richland Co. for the support of the State Common Schools schools during the year 1879.  Source:  Annual Report Of The Secretary of State To The Governor Of The State of Ohio For the Year 1879.  Nevins & Myers, State Printers.  Columbus, 1880.

The citizens of Richland County spent $7,739.89 for support of the public schools in the county in the year 1849.  Source:  RICHLAND COUNTY DEMOCRAT, 28 September 1850, Vol. 1, No. 24

Other resources ....

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