TITLE Stillwell Addition Grade School
DATE OF ORIGINAL Circa 1935
DATE OF DIGITAL 2006-2
DESCRIPTION STILLWELL ADDITION (a.k.a. Monkey Run, a suburb of Ilasco) - The first school in Monkey Run was held in the basement of St. Peters Byzantine Catholic Church and operated from 1919 to 1925.  In 1925 the church was disbanded and a new location for the school was needed.  In 1926 The Stillwell Addition Grade School building was constructed as a one room building made of concrete stucco.  In addition to the main building, there were two concrete stucco outhouses, one of which is visible in the picture.  Water for the school was provided by a deep well  with a hand pump which was dug specifically for the school .  The school had one teacher who taught grades 1 through 5.  In 1935, the school was closed.  The people in the picture are unidentified.
CREATOR Unknown
CONTRIBUTOR Hayden, Archie
PUBLISHER Hannibal Free Public Library (Hannibal, Mo.)
SUBJECT Stillwell Addition Grade School (Ilasco, Mo.) -- Building.
SUBJECT Education -- Missouri -- Ilasco (Stillwell Addition) -- Building.
ORIGINAL FORMAT Negative, 4 1/2" by 2 3/4", slight spotting.
DIGITAL FORMAT jpg
IDENTIFIER C10385