Bartlett in DuPage County, Illinois — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Old Spaulding School

Photographed by Norm Nissen, Jr.

1. Old Spaulding School Marker

Inscription. Spaulding School was a small country school house built on the land of pioneer farmer Shepard Spaulding located within Hanover Township (41N 009 E SW1/4 of Section 29) sometime around 1886. The land was part of 160 acres purchased under a land patent dated July 10, 1844. Spaulding purchased an additional 80 acres adjacent to section 29 in 1845. The former site of the school would provide education for area children until the mid 1950's before being torn down. The former school location once stood on the current 3rd hole fairway of a local golf course.

Erected 2024 by Hanover Township Heritage Marker Program.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Settlements & Settlers. A significant historical year for this entry is 1886.

Location. 42° 0.187′ N, 88° 13.77′ W. Marker is in Bartlett, Illinois, in DuPage County. It is at the intersection of Spaulding Road and Rose Lane, on the right when traveling east on Spaulding Road. Touch for map. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Chicago.

It is also in the American Midwest

and on the Great Lakes.

Globally, it

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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 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: General John S. Wilcox & General William Lynch (approx. 1.7 miles away); Peter VanNostrand (approx. 2.6 miles away); George Van De Voorde (approx. 2.6 miles away); Illinois Firefighters Memorial Plaza (approx. 2.6 miles away); Fire Barn No. 5 (approx. 2.6 miles away); Veterans Memorial (approx. 2.7 miles away); Observatory/Planetarium (approx. 2.9 miles away); Elgin National Watch Co. Observatory (approx. 2.9 miles away).

Additional keywords. Bartlett, Hanover Township, Spaulding, School,

Credits. This page was last revised on September 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on September 7, 2025. This page has been viewed 64 times since then and 24 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on September 7, 2025, by Norm Nissen, Jr. of Northlake, Elgin. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.