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Historic Schools of Warren County – Division 3

View Teaches taught students in at least two Cedar Valley School located ten miles north of Bowling Green. The schoolhouse in this photograph was replaced by a frame construction built in 1892. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Students at Cedar Valley School carried water from a spring to the schoolhouse. It's library contained twelve volumes. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Cherry's Chapel was located in the northwestern region of Warren County. Do you have an image of this schoolhouse to share? (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Glenmore, also known as Huff, was located on the hill above Honaker's Ferry on the Green River. Do you have an image of this schoolhouse to share? (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Fair View was surrounded by several small trees. Inside the students enjoyed a well-stocked library which contained 125 books. Do you have an image of this schoolhouse to share? (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View An average of thirty students enrolled in the Green Castle School between 1909 and 1920. A frame schoolhouse replaced Green Castle's log building in 1914. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The Mt. Pleasant Church of Christ log meetinghouse served as a schoolhouse for area children as early as 1865. Students moved from the log building to a new frame schoolhouse when it was built about 1900. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View A new Indian Creek School was constructed in 1916 with an addition added in 1936. The two-room school was naturally lit and located in northern Warren County. Improvements made by the teacher and pupils in 1924 included painting the blackboard and the house's interior and setting out roses. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Lost Creek School, on its one-acre lot, sat among "plenty" of trees. Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1922 included: Cora Sherry (1909-10); Norma Gibson (1911); Rochester Watt (1912); Mrs. Claudia _____ (1913); Herbert Jones (1914-15); Mattie Biggerstaff (1916); Elacia Willis (1919); Lorene Nicols (1920); Fred Burnett (1921); and, W.G. Vaught (1922). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Mortar Branch School's 22'x36' building was covered with a shingled roof. Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1922 included: W.L. Cassaday (1909-11); J.W. Crabb (1912-13); Mrs. Ada Speck (1914-15); James Crabb (1916); Overton Basham and Erdean Richards (1917); Berta Watt and Rochester Watt (1918); Nora Meers and Rochester Watt (1919); Erdean Richards and Mrs. Ada Speck (1920); Erdean Richards and Arthur Woodrum (1921); and, Mrs. Ira P. Day (1922). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Pisgah suggested an improvement of a "new house" in 1924. Schoolteachers between 1909 and 1922 included: Daisy Horne (1909); Ada Speck (1910); Novice Madison (1911); Marvile Cole (1912); Lovel Eppersaw (1913); Eddie Young (1914); Minnie Simpson (1915); Mrs. Eva Borah (1916); Myrtle Goyer; (1917); Zada Smith (1918); T.S. Simpson (1919); Julia Hays (1920); Hubert Jones (1921); and, Johnie Berry (1922). (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Rays Branch obtained its water from a spring. In 1924, a coal house was built and the boy's cloakroom was repaired. It was suggested that the building could use painting and plastering. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Teacher T. J. (Tandy) Gardner at the Richardsville log schoolhouse is shown seated with his students. Among this group are: Johnnie Whallen, Amanda Belle Richards (Ayles), Charlie Miller, Alford Hill, Eliza Miller, Etta Langford, Minnie Glenn, Addison Miller, Charles Frances, Susie Cherry, Adelia Cherry, Della Richards (Brownfield), Stella Speck, Alpha Richard, and Jessie Richards. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View In 1907, the county constructed the new two-story frame schoolhouse shown here. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View In 1927, an eight-room schoolhouse was built at Richardsville. It was lit with electricity and had one gas jet in the hall on the first floor. Constructed the same year, the Richardsville and Hadley schools were almost identical. By 1932-33, Richardsville offered a four-year course of study in high school work. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Before the Richardsville gymnasium was finished, athletes played basketball on an outside court. Built in 1936, the gymnasium had no electricity until 1940. Prior to this time, dynamos (generators) were used to power the building. The gym had a box platform stage on the first floor. It's basement contained a brick forge, anvil, woodworking bench, electric saw, and emery wheel. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The school's three-story, 15-classroom addition (left), made of Alabama stone was designed by architect J.M. Ingram. Students moved into the new addition on February 23, 1948. The frame schoolhouse was sold at auction and replaced with the gymnasium shown in this photograph (right). The four graded schools which had not yet been consolidated with Richardsville were Riverside, Indian Creek, Sandhill and Penns Chapel. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View In 1969 high school students moved to the newly constructed Warren East High School and Richardsville became an elementary school through the 8th grade. The school's 7th and 8th grades moved to Warren East Middle when that school opened in 1988. (Courtesy of Wallace H. Breedlove) Larger

View Opened in 2010, Richardsville Elementary is home to the first Net Zero School in the Nation producing more energy with its solar panels than it consumes. Larger

View In 1919, the people of Riverside asked the county school board to give them a nine-month school year to add two years of high school work to the curriculum. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The new two-room Riverside School was naurally lit and had a small box stage. The school's Library contained 100 volumes. By 1932-33, Riverside had become a three-year high school. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View In 1910 students and teachers at Sand Hill School included: (front row) Mona Garett, Elva Miller, Ida Floyd, Mattie Glass, Stella Wilson, Shellie Beck, Elvis Glass, Gilbert Grimes, Johnnie Simmons, Roy Floyd, Guy Simmons, Walker Wilson, Adam Wilson and Geneva Bratcher, and (second row) Tiny Grimes, Ruthie Wilson, Martha Grimes, Daisy Simmons, Lettie Flora, May Miller, Hattie Floyd, Bertha Grimes, Bessie Miller, Charlie Miller and Nettie Wilson, teacher. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The Sand Hill School, built in 1928, was a four-room schoolhouse with no electricity. It's September 3, 1928 opening began with the singing of "America" followed by several sacred songs, Scripture reading and the Lord's Prayer. By 1932-33, Sand Hill offered a three-year course of study in high school work. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View Shown on this 1928 Warren County map, little is known about the Seminary School which sat at the intersection of Slim Island Road and Highway 185. Do you have an image of this schoolhouse to share? (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

View The Underwood School was located just a short distance from Bowling Green on Barren River Road. (Courtesy of Library Special Collections, WKU) Larger

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