Center Valley in Outagamie County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Center Valley Grade School

Photographed by John L Hoh Jr, April 15, 2019

1. Center Valley Grade School Marker

Inscription. Constructed in 1887, this school was one of seven one-room schools serving the Township of Center. It served in that manner until 1958. For 82 years local farming families sent their children here, where grades 1 through 8 were taught by a single teacher. The school was eventually sold and used as storage for many years, finally falling into a state of disrepair. In 1999 a group of past students and local citizens purchased the structure and returned it to its 1940’s condition. After 8 years of volunteer work on the project, a rededication ceremony was held on August 11, 2007, and the site was added to the State and National Register of Historic Places August 20, 2010.

Erected 2010 by Friends of the Center Valley Grade School.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical date for this entry is August 11, 2007.

Location. 44° 24.144′ N, 88° 28.518′ W. Marker is in Center Valley, Wisconsin, in Outagamie County. It is at the intersection of Hample Road and Center Valley Road, on the left when traveling north on Hample Road. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Black

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Creek WI 54106, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Wisconsin’s Fox River Valley.

It is also in the American Midwest,

on the Great Lakes,

and in the Corn Belt.

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 11 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Shiocton Area Veterans Memorial (approx. 6.4 miles away); Alonzo E. Horton (approx. 9.3 miles away); Lawrence University (approx. 10.4 miles away); The Merging of Milwaukee-Downer and Lawrence Colleges (approx. 10½ miles away); Henry James and Cremora Rogers Residence (approx. 10.7 miles away); Vulcan Street Plant Replica (approx. 10.7 miles away); First Edison Hydroelectric System in America (approx. 10.7 miles away); Number 736 (approx. 10.8 miles away).

Other markers no longer nearby. Hearthstone (was approx. 10.7 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it);

Photographed by John L Hoh Jr, April 15, 2020

2. Center Valley Grade School Marker

World's First Hydroelectric Central Station (was approx. 10.7 miles away but has been replaced with another marker now near it).

Credits. This page was last revised on April 16, 2020. It was originally submitted on April 15, 2020, by John L Hoh Jr of Beloit, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 775 times since then and 41 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on April 15, 2020, by John L Hoh Jr of Beloit, Wisconsin. • Mark Hilton was the editor who published this page.