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HISTORIC OCONTO COUNTY SCHOOLS
Photo Page

Oconto County, Wisconsin
1912 Maps of Rural School, Church and Cemetery Locations
click here

If you have old photos or histories of ANY county schools, even unidentified ones, please send them to RITA

More Photos are always welcome!

Schools, not pictured yet, include: 

"In 1875 there were 32 schools in the county, with a total of 892 pupils enrolled, including six in Oconto – five public and the new parochial school of St. Joseph’s parish.  The others in town were the Washington school on Michigan and School streets, the Lincoln school on Jones and Adams; Jefferson school on Second street; Pecor school on Center street, and the Douglas school on the southwest corner of Messenger and Gale." 
Oconto County Reporter November 11, 1971

Elm Ridge school 
(on Goatsville Road)		 Maple Valley Klondike  Linzy Brook
Sunshine School  Lincoln Beaver Lake Meadow Brook
Swedetown Maple Grove Degantown Stiles Junction
Pound Abrams Claywood Pecor
Kelly Brook LaFallotte Maple Center Fairview
Birch Grove  Louisville Theodore Roosevelt   Any Other Schools
Washington Douglas

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Jefferson School
Second Street
Oconto  

Photographs and information
contributed by: Lee Rockwell

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Jefferson School Page


Goldfield School
town of Brazeau, 

Photographs and information
contributed by: Jean Grosse

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Goldfield School Page



Abrams School
Abrams, 

Faculty and student body in 1910.

Knowles School
town of Abrams, 

 contributed by:
Laurie J. Wieber-Martins

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Knowles School Page


Stiles School
Photo date unknown, but certainly near or over 100 years old.
There are 71 people on the photo,
including the teachers. 
Contributed by: John Larson

Pershing School,
 contributed by: Jilaine

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Pershing School Page

Hickory School,
 contributed by:Rick Hidde

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Hickory School Page

St. John School Hayes,

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St. John School Hayes Page

Spring Hill School
Spring Hill School is located Northeast of Gillett on County Hwy G, about 2 miles north of Hwy 22.
Photo from theMark Cota Collection

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Spring  Hill School Page

 

Town Line School
contributed by: Bill Fonferek
Town of How
on St. John's Road at Pecor Road,
north of Hayes,
is now a private residence.
Photo from the Bruce Paulson Collection

Sunny Brook School,

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Sunny Brook School Page

Breed Graded School
contributed by: Bill Fonferek
Here is a picture of the Breed Central School House.  Its located at what was Old Highway 32 and Fonferek Road (now Central and North Branch Road).  The structure is still standing and has been converted to a storage building.  Because we lived across the street, there was alsways a lot of kids playing there.  I was a little too young to be a part of the older kids activities.  My sister Mary attended school there.  We boarded a school teacher at our house by the name of Nellie Coleman.

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Breed School Page

Mountain School
C: 1896
contributed by:
  John Green
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Mountain High School 1948 Graduates Page
Contributed by
Bill Fonferek

 
 


Logan School
 Located north of Suring near Breed.
contributed by:
 Bill Fonferek
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Logan School Page

Oconto Falls High School.

contributed by:
Carolyn King Laskowski
 
 
 


 
 


Oconto Falls High School
1908
From the Collection of Enid Gustin Keaton
contributed by: George Keaton

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Oconto Falls High School Page









Elm Lawn School
Town of Oconto Falls 
2004
contributed by: Richard Labrosse

The garage on the right has been added along with the little steel building on the left. Where that little steel building is,  the two outhouses stood. Other than that, the building is exactly the same with the exception of the paint. It is a brick building. Town of Oconto Falls, County of Oconto







Spruce Schoolhouse

contributed by:
\Bill Fonferek

 Hayes Graded School -
c:1890
The first school building in Town(ship)  of How. Built in 1883.  It initially taught grades one throught twelve. The school was also used for meetings, celebrations, weddings and other community activities. The building remained a school until the mid 1900's when it was enlarged and updated with funding by Annie Holl and remains a community center.
from the collection of:
Kate Holl Philippi, who attended grades one through twelve. 1893-1905
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more at:
Suring School Page

Gillett High School
C: 1912
contributed by:
Rita

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Gillett School Page

Lena School 

1916 - Students play baseball during recess. In the center of the very left side you can see just the roof edge of the original one room schoolhouse was located where the present grade school now stands. The barn at far right was on the Ted Wilford farm.
contributed by:
Carolyn King Laskowski
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Lena School Page


Map drawing of the Hart Store building also housing the first city school. Built in 1851 it was torn down in 1880.
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City of Oconto First School Page
City of Oconto High School Graduates 1886-1941
City of Oconto Schools Main Page

Mosling Public School
 Town of Underhill
 


 
 
 


 

Brookside School

Building Remodeled and Redecorated
1937

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Brookside School Page
 

Student body and teacher of 
Kadlec/Spruce School
in the Town of Spruce - year unknown
corner of County B & M
Contributed by
Bill Fonferek

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Kadlec School Page

Cottonwood Grove Schoolhouse - Little Suamico
1892-1961
Contributed by Gerrie Foster

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Cottonwood Grove School Page

(original photo quality)

First Schoolhouse -
Gillett 
    Built in 1865
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Gillett School Page


 

Victory School

Highway 22 and J
contributed by: Pat Drees
 

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Victory School Page

 First Frostville School,
town of Maple Valley
Built in 1878
Photo from the Bruce Paulson Collection

Frostville School Page

Beaver Lake School
- March 1956
Town of Oconto Falls. Entire student body.
contributed by:
Carolyn King Laskowski

Elm Lawn School
Town of Oconto Falls
2004
contributed by: Richard Labrosse

The garage on the right has been added along with the little steel building on the left. Where that little steel building is,  the two outhouses stood. Other than that, the building is exactly the same with the exception of the paint. It is a brick building. Town of Oconto Falls, County of Oconto

Morgan Log School

Built in 1876.

Morgan School Page


 
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