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First Schools

The first school in Perry Township was opened by John Ridenour and Leonard Skilling in 1835. It was built at the Southeast corner of Fourth Street and St. Johns Road. This school like many early schools required parents to pay the teachers' salaries. Parents were also expected to take turns boarding the teachers in their homes.

One Room School Houses

The one room school houses were built at crossroads, five to ten miles apart, throughout Allen County.

*Perry Township's One Room Schools*
Number	Location	Build Date	Condition
1	Bellefontaine Road Corner of Bellefontaine Road Thayer Road on the Southeast side of Bellefontaine Road Lat: 40.71003 N, Long: 84.01279 W		Gone/Unknown
2	Bowman Road About 185 yards (just over 1/10 of a mile) South of Fourth Street on the East side of Bowman Road. Lat: 40.71548 N, Long: 84.05136 W		Converted to residence.
3	St. Johns Road About 352 yards (2/10 of a mile) North of Amherst Road on the West side of St. Johns Road Lat: 40.65851 N, Long: 84.09022 W		Converted to residence.
4	St. Johns Road Southwest corner of St. Johns Road and Breese Road Lat: 40.68738 N, Long: 84.09043 W		Gone -- Parts of the foundation still present in 2007
5	Breese Road *About 838 yards (Almost 1/2 of a mile) East of Greely Chapel Road on Breese Road Lat: 40.68793 N, Long: 84.06094 W		Gone
6	Schooler Road About 180 yards (just over 1/10 of a mile) North of Breese Road on the West side of Schooler Road. Lat: 40.68959 N, Long: 84.03244 W		Converted to residence.
7	Kerr Road Kerr Road between Rousculp Road* and Creps Road. This building's location must have been between Wonnel Road & Creps Road		Gone/Unknown
8	Amherst Road About 352 yards (2/10 of a mile) West of Ream Road on the North side of Amherst Road. Lat: 40.65640 N, Long: 84.05057 W		Converted to residence.
9	Fourth Street About 176 yards (1/10 of a mile) East of St. Johns Road on the South side of Fourth Street. Lat: 40.71655 N, Long: 84.09167 W		Converted to residence.
10	Amherst Road Amherst Road and Crabb Road		Gone

View Map Of Locations
* Notes

Current condition of structures, 1880 map verification, actual directions, and GPS coordinates gathered by Tom Graham in May of 2007. Locations of structures found with the help of Kevin Cox and Charlie Delong.
SCHOOLHOUSE location of #1, #3, #4, #5, #6, and #9 verified with 1880 Perry Township Map.
SCHOOLHOUSE location of #2, #3, #4, #6, #8, and #9 verified visually in May 2007 by Tom Graham
SCHOOLHOUSE location #7 and #10 not verified visually or by map as of May 14, 2007. These two schools houses are listed in the History of Allen County.
Distance from Greely Chapel Road to location derived from map scale.

Other

Rothe Road is referred to as what is now known as Breese Road. (Verified only by residents -- May 2007)

Hume and/or Wonnell must have also been known by Rousculp Road. (Not Verified -- May 2007)

Thayer Road must have previously been known as Stoner Road (Not Verified -- May 2007)

Notable Events

1835 -- First school in Perry.

Open by John Ridenour & Leonard Skilling

Taught by Leonard Skilling

Located at the Budd Farm (Section 8) on the Southeast corner of Fourth Street and St. Johns Road

1844 -- Schoolhouse Built

Taught by John Terry

(Section 25)

1884 -- Statistics for 10 Schoolhouses

Perry Township -- 8 Schoolhouses Operating

Value of 8 school buildings $2,800

Receipts $2,943.72, Expenditures $2,860.78

15 teachers employed, only 2 taught the entire year.

363 pupils enrolled; 189 boys and 174 girls.

Perry Special District -- 2 Schoolhouses Operating

Value of 2 schoolhouses $2,600

Receipts $1,352.77, Expenditures $875.00

39 teachers employed, only 2 taught the entire year.

96 pupils enrolled; 43 boys and 53 girls.

About 1900 -- Perry Board of Education starting paying high school tuition for students

1915 -- Before 1915 students that wanted to attend high school were required to take a Boxwell-Patterson exam

1931 -- Building for grades one through nine was built. Grades ten through twelve were still bussed to Shawnee High School

About 1950

Bond Issue for building a high school failed

Two temporary frame army barracks from Bear Field Indiana were dismantled and were rebuilt on the schoolgrounds as classrooms. 9 classes were held in these buildings.

1959 -- New high school with cafeteria built.

Early 70's -- Fire in Elementary Building & Remodel of Gym (Check This Fact)

2002 -- New building added on housing the athletic complex, technology room, and new library.

Library dedicated to Frances Mae Graham, a former school librarian.

2006 - Perry Township 2006 *Governmental Funds

Net Assets $2,395,341

Receipts $7,803,344, Disbursements $7,121,154

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