Not only is my present hometown, Spring Grove, Illinois, in the process of turning the old Fish Hatchery into a park, but last week, a brick one-room schoolhouse was moved in order to save it. The 188 ton, 33-foot wide structure was jacked up, put on a flat bed and moved a quarter of a mile down English prairie Road to the famous Richardson Farm, home of the largest corn maze in the US.
It had been closed for 49 years and was McHenry's last operating one-roomer. Local residents remember attending classes there including all eleven of the Cooper family as well as George and Robert, owners of the Richardson Farm.
A school had been on the original site since 1846, with the brick one being built in 1929. It closed in 1962.
The original site is owned by the Thelen Corporation who operate a large local gravel and stone pit. They sold it to the Richardsons for $1. It will be put into a new park the Richardsons are planning.
Way to Go New Hometown!! --DaCoot
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