Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses

Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses by Keithan, Mary. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780472032181.

Nostalgic reminders of a time now past, one-room schoolhouses are deeply embedded in our heritage. Decades after their original purpose and inhabitants have vanished, they dot the rural landscape in all conditions, from neglected and near collapse to handsomely renovated places repurposed into a new existence as living quarters. Today no matter their state they stand as miniature gems of nineteenth-century American history as well as charming examples of rural architecture---above all, things to be treasured and preserved. Mary Keithans Michigan One-Room Schoolhouses is a beautifully illustrated chronicle that details nearly a hundred of the states early schoolhouses. Together with information about each schoolhouses architecture and history, including interviews with former students and teachers, Keithans photographs bring these structures back to life and assure their place in history.