MEADOW VIEW / JEGLUM/ SkaRTUM SCHOOL
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Perry Township
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188 Highway 78 South
1954 as Meadow View in section 32
1890 as Jeglum School in section 33
1860 map showing Torger Halverson Skartum farm in section 33
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District: Joint 6
Notes: 1850 - 1961. The first school in the Perry
Norwegian settlement was built of logs in the 1850. Located on the
Torger Skartum farm. It was, at first, called the Skartum School. Sarah Wildeman was the first teacher.
In 1876 a second school was built on Helge Jeglum’s farm and called the Jeglum School. It was a few hundred yards northwest of the site of the Skartum School. Alma Holsten was the teacher from 1897 - 1901 when the Jeglum School closed.
A third brick school was built on the farm just north of Helge Jeglum’s farm and renamed Meadow View School. This school was operated until the Spring of 1961 when it closed. Margaret Lee was the last teacher. It was converted some time later to a residence which it remains today, 113 years after it was built. It is located at 188 Highway 78 in the SW corner of Perry Township.
In 1876 a second school was built on Helge Jeglum’s farm and called the Jeglum School. It was a few hundred yards northwest of the site of the Skartum School. Alma Holsten was the teacher from 1897 - 1901 when the Jeglum School closed.
A third brick school was built on the farm just north of Helge Jeglum’s farm and renamed Meadow View School. This school was operated until the Spring of 1961 when it closed. Margaret Lee was the last teacher. It was converted some time later to a residence which it remains today, 113 years after it was built. It is located at 188 Highway 78 in the SW corner of Perry Township.
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