Banner Oak School - Temperance, MI
N 41° 45.039 W 083° 32.871
17T E 288163 N 4625229
A one room schoolhouse located at the intersection of East Sterns Road and Crabb Road in Temperance, MI. It closed in 1955.
Waymark Code: WM15J42
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 01/10/2022
Views: 1
From the Monroe County Historical Marker at the former school:
A tall oak grew in the yard of Lord School built on the NE corner of Sterns & Crabb Roads in 1853. Julius Sterns unfurled a United States banner from the tree in 1863 to prove his patriotism and hatred of slavery. Frank Ludwig, noted Toledo architect designed this brick building to be Banner Oak School on the SE corner in 1871. It housed all 8 grades until 1930 when the four lower grades moved into a portable classroom. Banner Oak, in 1947, was the last rural school to consolidate with Bedford Public Schools. The last classes used the building in 1955.
Original or Re-creation?: Original
Year the school first opened.: 01/01/1887
Year the school closed.: 01/01/1955
Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no
Address:
23 E Sterns Rd.
Temperance, MI USA
48182
Web Address (if available): [Web Link]
Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: Not Listed
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