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Historic Schools of Warren County - Division 1

View This photograph of the Booker Washington/Mt. Ollett school was taken ca. 1914. Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1922 included: Thomas Payne (1909-10); Mary L. Franklin (1911); Mary E. McDaniel (1912-13); Sina Masters (1914); Sarah Rodes (1915); Eva Johnson (1916); Vadie Edmonds (1917); Maggie King (1918); Mary McDaniel (1919); Shelly Reed (1920); S.B. Porter and Geneva Clayborne (1921); and Josephine Wilson (1922). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Located 23 miles from Bowling Green, the frame schoolhouse was heated in the winter with a coal stove and cooled in warmer weather with an abundance of oak trees surrounding the house. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The Flat Rock School educated an average of 38 students in the second decade of the twentieth century. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The Girkin School sat at the crossroads of what is now Highway 1320 and the Mt. Olivet/Girkin Road as shown on this Warren County 1937 Highway and Transportation map. The D.G. Beers 1877 map of Warren County also shows a school at this location. Do you have an image of this schoolhouse to share? (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Gilead School was located in the northeastern region of Warren County near the community of Hays. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View A bored well supplied water to this school's students. Jefferson Seminary taught an average of 29 students in the years between 1909 and 1918. Do you know the location of this school or have an image to share? Larger

View Shown on a 1928 Warren County Oil and Gas map, the Moon School sat at the intersection of what is now Highway 101 and Moon Road. Do you have an image of this schoolhouse to share? (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Etta Runner taught Martinville School students in 1917, 1919, and 1920. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Mt. Union was located near the community of Hydro in southeastern Warren County. Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1913 included: Geneva Stark (1909-10); Walker Wilson (1911); Jess Covington (1912); and, Sinia Masters (1913). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The Pleasant Hill School relied upon a cistern to supply water to its students. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The Polkville School sat upon a lot with “plenty” of trees. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Walnut, oak and chestnut trees shaded the aptly named school of Shady Grove. Though the students used a painted plank as a blackboard, the school had a library which housed sixty volumes. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Shives School, sometimes referred to as Shively, was located eighteen miles from Bowling Green. In 1924, officials recommended that the schoolhouse be painted on the outside and the road which led to the school repaired. The school's location is shown on this 1928 Warren County Oil and Gas map. Do you have an image of this schoolhouse to share? (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Smiths Grove African American School educated 52 students in 1920. Teachers in 1919 and 1920 included: Carrie Baily (1919) and Cora Tribble (1920). Do you know the location of this school or have an image to share? Larger

View Built in 1936 and electrically lit, the two-room school shown here replaced the original schoolhouse. Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1922 included: G.L. Board (1909-13); A.M Todd (1914); Carrie Baily (1915-19); Cora Tribble (1920); and, J.P. Smith (1921-22). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View In 1913, the Warren Baptist Academy, the Smiths Grove Insitute and the Free Public School consolidated to form the Smiths Grove School. Smiths Grove was one of the county's earliest high schools. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View In 1924, the County Board of Education built a new brick structure for the Smiths Grove School. This building burned in 1941. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Smith Grove School's gymnasium was built in 1938. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The Warren County Board of Education consolidated Oakland and Smiths Grove to form a new Smiths Grove school named North Warren. Built in 1941 on the site of the former school, the structure was a ten-room house with a large auditorium, a shop and cafeteria. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View A coal stove heated Stoney Point. The school's blackboard consisted of heavy cardboard. School teachers between 1909 and 1922 included: Margie Bothic (1909-11); Bessie Keeton (1912); Margie Bothic (1913-1916); and, Maggie W. King (1917-1922). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Three Forks covered its 26’x40’ schoolhouse with a metal roof. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The electrically lit Three Forks two-room schoolhouse was constructed in 1919. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

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