Title

Grove Lake School District 1

Creation Date

1912 – 1940

Description

Grove Lake School. Pope County School District #1. 4 x 6" black and white image of the exterior of the building with students and 3 horse drawn school buses. Built in 1912, it was a 2 room school house consisting of : 1 big room, 1 little room, 2 libraries, 2 cloak halls, 1 large entry hall, 1 boys' lavatory, 1 girls' lavatory, 1 dining room, small kitchen, 1 furnace room, 1 storage room, 1 manual training room and 1 tool room. Bernice Carsten was a cook there for many years. She, husband Ted, their children Tom, Deitrich, Ronald (Jack), and Mildred attended school there. Their grandchildren Cheryl and Teddy also went to Grove Lake School District 1.