Norwood Township in Charlevoix County, Michigan — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
Norwood School
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 24, 2023
1. Norwood School Marker, Side One
Norwood School District No.1 was organized in 1867, one year before Orwin and Eliza P. Adams and Orvis D. Wood platted this village. Thirty-five children attended lessons in a log building. In 1869 a frame schoolhouse was built on land donated by the Adams family. The schoolhouse burned down on March 26, 1890, and was replaced that summer with this building. Students were taught using a group recitation format until 1918, when eight grades were established in accordance with state education reforms.
From 1867 until 1957, Norwood School enrolled between twenty and seventy students each year. In 1957, when there were only twelve students, residents voted (eighteen to fourteen) to annex the Norwood School District to the Charlevoix School District. Norwood Methodist Church then bought the school building for use as a fellowship hall. In 2004 the Norwood Area Historical Society purchased and renovated the school-house for use as a museum, community meeting hall and society headquarters.
Erected 2017 by Michigan Historical Commission-Michigan History Center. (Marker Number 2301.)
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Location. 45° 12.958′ N, 85° 22.848′ W. Marker is in Norwood, Michigan, in Charlevoix County. It is in Norwood Township. It is on 4th Street north of Gennett Road, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 742 4th St, Charlevoix MI 49720, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Northern Michigan Lower Peninsula, in the Grand Traverse Bay Region, and in one of the Lake Michigan Shore counties. It is also in the American Midwest and on the Great Lakes. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Northwest Territory.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 9 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Norwood Township Hall (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Essex (approx. 6.6 miles away); Charlevoix's World's Largest Cherry Pie (approx. 7.6 miles away); Grand Traverse Lighthouse (approx.
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 24, 2023
2. Norwood School Marker, Side Two
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 24, 2023
3. Norwood School Marker
Photographed by J. J. Prats, September 24, 2023
4. School Dist. No. 1, Norwood, 1890
Credits. This page was last revised on October 7, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 7, 2023, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 587 times since then and 59 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on October 7, 2023, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.
