CHANDLER-HANNA / PRIMROSE CENTER SCHOOL
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Primrose Township
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8720 County Rd. A
1911
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District: 3
Notes: 1850 - 1961. In the summer of 1850 a small log house
located on John T. Chandler’s land in Section 10 of Primrose
Township was opened as a school. By 1857 this small school was
inadequate for the growing population and it was decided to build a
frame schoolhouse on nearby Moses Chandler’s land. Stone from the
quarry on Jacob Jacobson Hanna’s land was used to build the
foundation of this new 24x30 foot school. It wasn’t long before
the location of this school was deemed unsatisfactory and on October
17, 1868 the people decided to build a new school. The Township
purchased the old school for use as a town hall and built a new stone
building in the SE corner of Section 16 on land owned by Knut Johnson
Revelend. Again, the Jacob Hanna quarry provided the stone. This
new school became known as Hanna School and opened in the Fall of
1869. In 1870 students from the Ash-Dixon School attended the Hanna
School for a time including Robert M. LaFollette.
In June of 1955 the old Chandler School
which had been used as a town hall for nearly a century was destroyed
by a tornado.
In 1961 it was decided by members of District 3 to close the Hanna School and join with the New Glarus, Belleville and Mt. Vernon districts for grade school. The school building was sold to the Town of Primrose and on July 29, 1962 the school district gave the keys to the Town of Primrose. In the Fall of 1987 a private party purchased the Town Hall and reconstructed it into a private residence integrating some of the original stone and parts of the building into the new design. It stands as a lovely private residence today.
In 1961 it was decided by members of District 3 to close the Hanna School and join with the New Glarus, Belleville and Mt. Vernon districts for grade school. The school building was sold to the Town of Primrose and on July 29, 1962 the school district gave the keys to the Town of Primrose. In the Fall of 1987 a private party purchased the Town Hall and reconstructed it into a private residence integrating some of the original stone and parts of the building into the new design. It stands as a lovely private residence today.
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