| Rural
Schools
The county once had
over 100 rural schools. Eventually better
transportation made school consolidation possible. The last rural school closed in 1969. Today only a few
schoolhouses are still standing at their original
locations. Some schools
changed their name over the years.
 Barrett, the
county's first school district, was organized in 1858.
The limestone building (1870, south wing 1896) is on the
National Register of Historic Places. Private
property. Contact: William Jones, 785-292-4539.
On 20th Road between Wildcat and Yonder Roads,
Southeast Quadrant.
Seventy-Five.
The people in District 75 simply called their
school by its number. It held its last classes in
1951. At 29th Terrace (K-88) and Valley Road, Southeast Quadrant.
Life.
Named for a family in the area, this was the scene of
the 1891 school board election where a dispute led to
the Goldsberry-Bender murder. Now a private home.
On Limestone Road east of 19th Road,
Northeast
Quadrant.
Redtop/Scully.
This building was used from 1898 until 1953. It
was named
for the Scully family, wealthy landholders from Ireland,
who once owned and leased out thousands of acres in
Kansas and other midwestern states. At 14th and
Cherokee Roads, Northwest Quadrant.
Bremen.
This former one-room public school is now a community
center. At 2nd and Granite Roads,
Northwest Quadrant.
Keefover/Mt.
Pleasant. In 1893 a woman who had died
after the birth of her eighth child was buried here
where her older children attended school. The
grave, marked by rocks, is in the northwest part of the
schoolyard. Private Property. On Sunflower
Road 1/2 mile west of 2nd Road,
Southwest Quadrant.
Excelsior/Harbaugh
(1879). Former students meet here every fall for a
reunion. At Zenith and 3rd Roads, 1 mile west of
Highway 77, Southwest Quadrant.
Schoolhouses moved to town parks
The first school building
in Frankfort, used from 1870 until 1880.
Moved to the city park in recent years and now houses a
small museum. Open on request. Call
785-292-4336. 2nd and Oak Streets,
Frankfort
Game Fork.
A rural school, closed in 1952 and later moved to
Nebraska and Elm streets in the Waterville City
Park. Now a designated Scouthouse headquarters.
One day a year local schoolchildren re-create activities
of a one-room school here.
Bommer.
Moved to Marysville from a rural site.
Originally painted white. Open all summer.
Marysville City Park, S. 10th Street |
