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The Jericho School was formerly located at short distance east of the corner of Jericho Road and Mighell Road in Sugar Grove, Illinois. This building was torn down after the school district consolidation in 1949.

Source: "Sugar Grove, Illinois…

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The current residence was formerly the Denny Standard School/Valley View School, which was a single room school house located on the south side of Denny Road just east of Bliss Road. It was moved to it's current location on Calkins Drive in the…

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Sugar Grove, IL
Halloween

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School Halloween Party in Knudson's Hall from The Ember 1926

Named Students include:
Dick Richards
Charles Conway
Francis Muth
Charlie Cockins
Mona Mighell
Miss Lucy Burnham
Miss Stockman
Margaret Harkins
Stanely Mighell
Kermit…

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Frank H. Hall, Principal
Mrs. Nellie Smith, Teacher of Vocal and Instrumental Music
M. E. Petty, Assistant
H. L. Norton, Assistant
School Burned Down in Jan. 1905

Thomas Judd had for some years favored the idea of an industrial school which…

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145 Calkins Dr., Sugar Grove, IL

In 1865, this school was originally built at the top of the hill near 41W455 Denny Rd. It was built just east of an old log house school that was previously located near the corner of Denny and Bliss Rd. This…

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Meeting at Sugar Grove Normal and Industrial School, 163 Main Street

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School located at 163 Main Street

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Photo of Addie Coulson taken from the book, "Sugar Grove and the Class of 1886" available at the following link: https://www.wacots.org/sghistory/z/admin/items/show/29Also included is the class song written by Addie Coulson for the graduation…

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Printed commencement program for the class of 1887. It was held in Snow's Barn.

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Sugar Grove and the Class of 1886-OCR Reduced.pdf
Book authored by George Edward Congdon about his experiences of living in Sugar Grove in the 1880's.

Download a PDF file of the entire book.

https://www.wacots.org/sghistory/z/files/original/e4559384febe913c70351bee4dc2689b.pdf


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A group of school aged children posing in front of the former Sugar Grove Town Hall at 163 Main Street. Two homes can be seen on the right side of the photo. 142 and 148 Main Street. The building in the back ground is the former Sugar Grove Town…
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