Jerseyville in Jersey County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

The Lone Star School

Photographed by Jason Voigt, November 17, 2019

1. The Lone Star School Marker

Inscription. The Lone Star School is one of more than 70 one-room schools once located throughout Jersey County. The school was built in 1877 roughly 13 miles west of Jerseyville, near the intersection of Routes 16 and 100.

For more than 70 years, children learned the three R's - reading, writing and arithmetic – within these humble walls. The consolidation of Jersey Community Unit 100 in 1947 signaled the beginning of the end for the county's one-room schools, and Lone Star School closed in 1952.

Nearly 50 years later, in 2001, Bill and Patsy Halemeyer donated the building to the Jersey County Historical Society. It was moved to its present location two years later.

Thanks to the generosity of former students, teachers and others, the Lone Star School contains many of its original contents and looks much as it did in the early 1900s.

Erected 2017 by Jersey County Historical Society.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1877.

Location. 39° 7.415′ N, 90° 19.761′ W. Marker is in Jerseyville, Illinois, in Jersey County. It can be reached

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from North State Street (U.S. 67) 0.1 miles south of Snedeker Street, on the left when traveling south. Marker is located on the grounds of Jersey County Historical Society. It can be accessed from the driveway (to the left of the Cheney Mansion) off State Street (US 67), which leads to a parking lot. The school and marker is next to the Society's main building, behind the Cheney Mansion. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 601 North State Street, Jerseyville IL 62052, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the Illinois River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

in the Corn Belt,

and in the Great River Road Region.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Red House / Cheney Mansion (within shouting distance of this marker); The McAdams, Plummer & Hagen Cabins (within shouting distance

Photographed by Jason Voigt, November 17, 2019

2. The Lone Star School Marker

In front of the school

of this marker); The Union Forest Church (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Hathaway Cemetery Memorial (about 500 feet away); Our Gargoyles are Missing (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jersey County War Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); The National (approx. 0.3 miles away); The Ware Building (approx. 0.3 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Jerseyville.

Credits. This page was last revised on November 20, 2019. It was originally submitted on November 20, 2019, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. This page has been viewed 675 times since then and 22 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 20, 2019, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.