Pioneer School, the first constructed in Breitung Township

Photograph of Breitung Township's first school, said to have been built in 1877 by John Lane Buell, the founder of Quinnesec. It was located on the southwest corner of Bluff Street and Paint Street (now U.S. 2) with the front door facing north. A board sidewalk from the school to Quinnesec Avenue was built in May, 1879. A second story was added in late October 1879, to accommodate all the pupils in attendance. The school burned in May 1924. The building had been condemned for a few years for school purposes and had been used as a warehouse. [John Alquist/Breitung Township], Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3
Abstract/Description: Photograph of Breitung Township's first school, said to have been built in 1877 by John Lane Buell, the founder of Quinnesec. It was located on the southwest corner of Bluff Street and Paint Street (now U.S. 2) with the front door facing north. A board sidewalk from the school to Quinnesec Avenue was built in May, 1879. A second story was added in late October 1879, to accommodate all the pupils in attendance. The school burned in May 1924. The building had been condemned for a few years for school purposes and had been used as a warehouse. [John Alquist/Breitung Township]
Subject(s): School buildings
Library buildings
Portraits, Group
Quinnesec (Mich.)
Date Created: 1900 (approximate)
Title: Pioneer School, the first constructed in Breitung Township.
Name(s): Dickinson County Library, contributor
Cummings, William John, contributor
Alquist, John, contributor
Superiorland Library Cooperative, contributor
Type of Resource: still image
Date Created: 1900 (approximate)
Physical Form: photographs
Extent: 1 item
Abstract/Description: Photograph of Breitung Township's first school, said to have been built in 1877 by John Lane Buell, the founder of Quinnesec. It was located on the southwest corner of Bluff Street and Paint Street (now U.S. 2) with the front door facing north. A board sidewalk from the school to Quinnesec Avenue was built in May, 1879. A second story was added in late October 1879, to accommodate all the pupils in attendance. The school burned in May 1924. The building had been condemned for a few years for school purposes and had been used as a warehouse. [John Alquist/Breitung Township]
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Item also published with caption in: Dickinson County, Michigan : from earliest times through the Twenties / compiled and edited by William John Cummings. Iron Mountain, Mich. : Dickinson County Board of Commissioners, 1991. 432 p. : ill, maps, ports. ; 3
Subject(s): School buildings
Library buildings
Portraits, Group
Quinnesec (Mich.)
Held by: Dickinson County Library
Restrictions on Access: No Copyright (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
Is Part Of: Dickinson County Library photographs. Identifier: SLC-005
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