If you have old photos or histories of ANY county schools, even unidentified ones, please send them to Bill
"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
This would include schools in present day counties that split off from Oconto County in 1879/80.
If you
have old or
present day
photos, even
unidentified ones, or histories of ANY
county schools,
please send them to
RITA
More Photos, History, Information and Memories Are Welcome and Deeply Appreciated! - You are gratefully credited with your contibutions!!
Looking for school records? The Green Bay Archives & Area Research Center has some records from various Oconto County schools.Contact them at archives@uwgb.edu or (920) 465-2539.
Looking for partial listings of historic schools' teachers?
Oconto County Genealogical Society - Schools
For a list of Historic Oconto County, Wisconsin, School Names
Please click: OCONTO COUNTY HISTORIC SCHOOLS NAME LIST PAGE
Identified Schools
Please click on the photo for a larger view.
Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran German School Gillett Please click below for the history:
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St. Peters Catholic School city of Oconto Please click below for the history:
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Loyal Forest School Village of Lakewood Please click below for the history:
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Goldschmidt - Town Line School built 1898 later replaced by Zorn - LaFollette School built 1903 Town of Little River Please click below for the history:
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McCauslin Brook Log School built 1880 at Holt and Balcom Logging Museum County Highway F Town of Lakewood Photo contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010 Please click below for the history:
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Norway Pines School built before 1902 10300 Pipeline Rd. Town of Bagley No longer standing. Photo contributed by: Bette Elbe Please click below for the history:
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 Kelly Brook School 9095 County A Town of Spuce Article contributed by: Larry Grady Please click below for the history :
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Woodrow Wilson School Wilson Consolidated School School Street Townsend built 1919 Please click below for the history :
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Clover
Nook School Jill Gondek Taken 2010 |
Lincoln School Oconto 443 Washington St. This is the second of three Lincoln school buildings in Oconto. Please click below for the history :
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 4 Town School 7294 County Road V Town of Gillett Photo contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010 Article contributed by: Larry Grady Please click below for the history :
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 built 1800  built 1916 1096 Grosse Road Little Suamico Article contributed by: Larry Grady Please click below for the history :
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Brazeau Central School 7693 County Roud B Town of Brazeau 
Photos contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010 |
 Maple Valley Central School 10697 County Road A Town of Maple Valley built 1907 Photo contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010
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 Tar Dam School 14319 Tar Dam Rd. Site just west of old Highway 32 town of Mountain Please click below for the history :
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 Bob Reim Sampson School East of where Schwartz Road dead ends at County "C" Town of Chase Please click below for the history :
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Mosling Public School Mosling Road and "P" Town of Underhill Article contributed by: Larry Grady Please click below for the history :
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Buhrandt School Hayes Brook School 9140 St. John Road at Pecor Road Town of How built 1912 Photo contributed by: Bill Fonferek Please click below for the history :
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 Photo Above Contributed by Larry Grady  Photo contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010 Louisville School Located at Ellman Rd. & County J Town of Oconto Article contributed by: Larry Grady Please click below for the history :
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  Photos contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010 Doty School - Valley View School Located at County T and Star Lake Rd. Town of Doty Please click below for the history :
Building Identified by: Kitty at the Oconto County Historical Society |
 Photo contributed by: Larry Grady South Chase School 484 Cty Rd. C Town of Chase Please click below for the history :
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 Sunny Side School County Road S at Yurek Road Northeast Corner Town of Chase built 1902 There is only a foundation left of the school building that is found at that location on the 1912 plat map of town of Chase. |
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Townline
School
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St.
Anthonys Catholic School
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Quarterline
School
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 West Side School Sobieski built 1909 Please click below for the history :
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St
Joseph School Please click below for the history :
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Bayshore
"Frogpond" School
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Jefferson
School Photo
contributed
by:
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Lincoln
School
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Oak
Orchard School Jill Gondek Please click below for the history :
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North
Chase - Roosevelt School County Highway "C" at Holowinski Road Photo
above
contributed
by:
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Lincoln
School Jill Gondek Taken 2010 Please click below for the history :
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Messenger
Creek School Bob & Rita Taken 1999 Please click below for the history :
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 Hayes - How Graded School c: 1890 County M & Claywood Rd. town of How Please click below for the history :
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  Bagley East Side School Located at County Z and Ucil Rd. Now town of Bagley Township Hall Photos contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010 |
West
Side School Jill Gondek Taken 2010 |
 Armstrong School Church Road & North Silver Hill Town of Mountain (formerly town of Armstrong) This school was named for the influential Armstrong Family land owners and eventually moved. Note the Armstrong (now Mountain) Cemetery in the distant left of the schoolhouse. Photo courtesy of: Oconto County Historical Society |
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Mountain
High School Jill Gondek Taken 2010. Please click below for the history :
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Busy
Nook School Jill Gondek Taken 2010. Please click below for the history :
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Valley
Line School Jill Gondek Taken 2010 Please click below for the history :
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Goldhorn
School built 1916 Photo contributed by:Jill Gondek Taken 2010 Please click below for the history:
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 Meadow Brook School, 6894 Meadow Brook Rd Lena, WI Photo contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010 built in 1912 replaced the first wood construction school Please click below for the history:
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Pensaukee
School, Photo
contributed
by: Article
contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Stiles
Junction School, Replaced 1898 Leigh Town School in 1912 Article
contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Sunny
Slope School,
built in
1918 Article
contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Flowing
Springs School, Photo contributed
by: Article
contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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South
Morgan School, Jill Gondek Article
contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Sunshine
School, built 1892 Photo
contributed
by: Article
contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Photo contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010. Article
contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Rector
School Please click below for the history and photo:
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Kelly
Lake School contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Sunny
Lawn School, Photo
contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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West
Klondike School, History
contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Greenwood
School Photo
contributed
by: Article contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Hall
School, article contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Grignon
School, Photo
contributed
by: Article
contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Frank
Settlement School contributed
by: Please click below for the history and photo:
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Degantown School Photo was taken 1953-54. contributed
by: Please click below for the history and photo:
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Fairview School, Town of Little River Photo
contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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Linzy
Brook School Photo
was taken 1991 contributed
by: Please click below for the history and photo:
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Four
Town School History contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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 Brick School Photo contributed
by: contributed
by: Please click below for the history and photo:
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 Chase Central School County C and County S Located
about seven miles northeast of Pulaski
on the corner of county trunk roads and district number six in the town
of Chase. History contributed
by: Please click below for the history: |
Claywood
School built 1903 photos contributed by: Please click below for the history and photo:
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 Couillardville School Photo
contributed
by: Located about 7 miles west of Oconto on County Trunk J., contributed
by: Please click below for the history:
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  Photos contributed by: Carolyn [Ruege] Gipp and Larry
Gipp
andJill Gondek Article contributed
by: Please click below for the history :
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 Morgan Central School County C and Wahl Lane Photo contributed
by: Article contributed
by: Please click below for the history and photo:
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Good
Cheer School
Photo by Tom Rymer  Oconto County Genealogical Society |
 Birch Grove School Photo
contributed
by: History
contributed
by: Please click below for the history :
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Louisville School, Article contributed
by: |
McDowell
School contributed
by: Please click below for the history and photo:
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Low
Valley School contributed
by: Please click below for the history and photo:
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Maple
Grove School Article vcontributed
by: Please click below for the history and photo:
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Jefferson
School Photographs
and information Please click below for the history and photo:
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Goldfield
School Photographs
and information Please click below for the history and photo:
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 Abrams
School Photo
contributed
by: Please click below for the history and photo:
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Knowles
School built 1901 contributed
by: Please click below for the history and photo:
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Stiles
School
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Pershing
School,
Please click below for the history and photos:
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Hickory
School,
The building no longer exists Please click below for the history and photos:
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St. John School Hayes, Please click below for the history and photos:
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Spring
Hill School Please click below for the history and photos:
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 Baumgardner School
This
log school was built primarily for the children of
loggers working the area and was abandoned as the crews moved on. It
stood in the open field until 1923 when it was destroyed by fire. |
Sunny Brook School, contributed
by: Jilaine Please click below for the history and photos:
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Breed
Central School Please click below for the history and photos:
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Mountain
Graded
School
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 Oconto Falls High School. contributed by:
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 Elm Lawn School (Private Residence) 5301 Elm Lawn Rd. Town of Oconto Falls 2004 contributed by: Richard Labrosse
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 Suring Graded School - Taken 1909 Please click below for the history and photos:
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 Spruce Schoolhouse 7904 County Road A Lena, Wisconsin photo
contributed by: Please click below for the history and photos:
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Gillett
High School Please click below for the history and photos:
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Lena School Carolyn King Laskowski Please click below for the history and photos:
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Brookside School Building
Remodeled and
Redecorated History
contributed
by: Please click below for the history and photos:
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 Kadlec - Spruce School in the Town of Spruce - corner of County M & B Contributed by Bill Fonferek and Larry Grady Please click below for the history and photos:
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 2nd school house built in 1884 Gillett
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 Map drawing of the Hart Store building also housing the first city school. Built in 1851 it was torn down in 1880. Please click below for the history and photos:
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Elm
Grove School
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Cottonwood
Grove
Schoolhouse Please click below for the history and photos:
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Victory School Highway 22 and
J Please click below for the history and photos:
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First
Frostville
School,
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County Trunk B town of Oconto Falls Photo contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010 Built in 1917 this building replaced an earlier wood construction schoolhouse.
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 Oak School County Road K Spruce, WI Photo 1913 Built in 1903 this building replaced a smaller brick and timber structure built in 1893 by reusing matterials.
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Morgan
School #2 replaced
log school in 1885
Morgan Log School Built in 1876.
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(before the 1880 county split)
and
now near the county border.
(where county children lived close and attended)
 Pound School, Marinette CountyTown of Pound Roosevelt School System Photo contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010 Oconto
County Reporter
March 6, 1903 The house owned by A. F. Gissenaas and occupied by Arthur Cole was destroyed by fire last Friday night. The fire was caused by the breaking of a lamp and it spread so rapidly that nothing could be saved. The family narrowly escaped. Miss May Birr, our school teacher, took an active part in rescuing the children. |
 Coleman School, Marinette CountyPhoto contributed by: Jill Gondek Taken 2010 |
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