Photo of Hoosier Grove School Class Circa 1945
Title
Photo of Hoosier Grove School Class Circa 1945
Subject
Streamwood (Ill.)
Streamwood (Ill.)-History
Schools
Elementary schools
Elementary school teachers
Hanover (Cook County, Ill. : Township)
Hanover (Cook County, Ill. : Township)-History
Streamwood (Ill.)-History
Schools
Elementary schools
Elementary school teachers
Hanover (Cook County, Ill. : Township)
Hanover (Cook County, Ill. : Township)-History
Description
A photograph of students and a teacher in front of Hoosier Grove School circa 1945.
The caption on the back of the photograph reads "Mrs. Wenzel, teacher. Orval Volkening, Lenard Volkening, Herbert Heine. Bobby Nienkamph, Edward Volkening, Ralph Heine. Gary Nienkamph, Orville Lichthardt, Dick _____." Some names cannot easily be read on the caption. Spelling may be incorrect.
Orval Volkening was born in 1931 and said in his oral history interview that he started going to Hoosier Grove School at age six and went there for eight years. He says his last two years he had a teacher named Mrs Wenzel. As this teacher is Mrs. Wenzel (per the caption), the photograph would probably have been taken in 1944 or 1945.
Hoosier Grove School was a one-room schoolhouse constructed in 1904 across the road from the Deutsche Vereinigte church (what would later be known as the Immanuel United Church of Christ). Its original site was at the southwest corner of Barrington Road and Old Church Road, on a corner of the Schueneman Farm and near the Heine Farm. It was in District 43/12, because it was between Hanover and Schaumburg Townships. The school closed its doors to students in 1954 (and there still wasn't running water in the building). It was the last country school in Hanover Township.
In 1974, Gertrude Odlum donated the school to the Streamwood Park District. It moved in 1975 from its original site at the southwest corner of Barrington Road and Old Church Road to 529 Parkside Circle. The school was dedicated on September 21st, 1980. The school moved to its current site at 700 W. Irving Park Road in 1991, where it is a museum at Hoosier Grove Park.
The caption on the back of the photograph reads "Mrs. Wenzel, teacher. Orval Volkening, Lenard Volkening, Herbert Heine. Bobby Nienkamph, Edward Volkening, Ralph Heine. Gary Nienkamph, Orville Lichthardt, Dick _____." Some names cannot easily be read on the caption. Spelling may be incorrect.
Orval Volkening was born in 1931 and said in his oral history interview that he started going to Hoosier Grove School at age six and went there for eight years. He says his last two years he had a teacher named Mrs Wenzel. As this teacher is Mrs. Wenzel (per the caption), the photograph would probably have been taken in 1944 or 1945.
Hoosier Grove School was a one-room schoolhouse constructed in 1904 across the road from the Deutsche Vereinigte church (what would later be known as the Immanuel United Church of Christ). Its original site was at the southwest corner of Barrington Road and Old Church Road, on a corner of the Schueneman Farm and near the Heine Farm. It was in District 43/12, because it was between Hanover and Schaumburg Townships. The school closed its doors to students in 1954 (and there still wasn't running water in the building). It was the last country school in Hanover Township.
In 1974, Gertrude Odlum donated the school to the Streamwood Park District. It moved in 1975 from its original site at the southwest corner of Barrington Road and Old Church Road to 529 Parkside Circle. The school was dedicated on September 21st, 1980. The school moved to its current site at 700 W. Irving Park Road in 1991, where it is a museum at Hoosier Grove Park.
Source
Published with permission of the Streamwood Park District.
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Type
Photograph
Date Created
c1945
Citation
“Photo of Hoosier Grove School Class Circa 1945,” Local History, accessed May 14, 2024, https://pclib.omeka.net/items/show/588.