Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s
With in the next week or two the fall issue of ‘Macomb Now’ magazine should be out for public viewing. A few months ago, I was contact by the editor of the magazine to ask if I would be interested in making a submission to the portion of the magazine called ‘Macomb Then’, which is always the last page of the issue. Here they bring back long ago stories from Macomb’s past, as a closing to todays more modern Macomb County. I wrote two different stories and let them pick the one they thought would work best for this edition.
The school in Washington came into being as early as 1824 when a log schoolhouse was built. It would soon be the center of Washington’s community social life, for town meetings and dances where townspeople would gather. By 1839 the little log school was badly sagging, and with the work that was needed they decided to replace other than repair.
Soon there was Washington’s 1st School of Bricks…….
In 1917 a new and larger building would replace Washington’s 1st brick schoolhouse. The new school would serve the community till 1972 and go on to become the home of the Washington Historical Museum.
To learn more about the Washington’s school of bricks, pick up a copy of the fall edition of Macomb Now magazine. Next week the story of the article that didn’t make the cut…..
On that ‘wee note’ til next week.
Thank you to the Great Area Washington Township Historical Society for use of these images, and continual support.
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