Old Schools of
Sebastian County

A page for pictures, stories and histories of the old schools of Sebastian County.

1887 Map showing Schools, Towns & Churches


Teachers Contract
Ms. Ruby Rowe 1918


Dear Old Teacher
Mrs, Martha Walker - 1901


Some Rural Schools & Teachers in Sebastian Co.
1912


Academy of the Immaculate Conception
Fort Smith, Arkansas

Albert Pike School
Albert Pike Rd - Fort Smith, Ar

Alexander School
Greenwood, Ar
opened Oct 1929, burned down Jan 1930


Amity School
near Hackett, Ar
see Mtn. Home School also


Arkoal School
Arkoal, Ar

Arbuckle Island School
Arbuckle, Ar

Auburn School
Auburn, Ar

Mrs Babcock's Select School
Fort Smith 1875

Bald Knob School
On Massard Prairie

Barling School
Barling, Ar

Barnett School
T4N R32-33W Sec23

Bean Hill School
East of Greenwood mid 1800s

Bear Hollow School
Marion Township

Belle Grove Academy & Institute

Belle Grove Elementary School
6th & No. F St. - Ft. Smith, Ar

Belle Point Elementary School
Dodson & Lexington St. - Ft. Smith, Ar

Berry School
T7N R29W Sec17, on property of S.P. Berry;
close to Franklin Co line


Bethel School
Located 2 miles east of Hackett

Bishop's School House
Mississippi Twsp.

Black Ridge School
Located 1 mile north of Mansfield

Bloomer School
Bloomer, Ar

Blue Bird School
Fort Smith, Ar

Bonanza School
Bonanza, Ar

Brown-Bird Kindergarten
Located in the basement of Mallelieu Methodist Episcopal church
No. 9th and 11th St. Fort Smith, Ar


Buckner College
Witcherville, Ar

Bugscuffle School
Earlier Tate School?

Burma School
later Midland School (see below)

Burnville Academy/School
Burnville, Ar
5 mi East of Greenwood, Ar on Burnville Rd.


Carnall School
on Mazzard Prairie
Replaced Maple Grove School when it burned


Cartrell School
on Mazzard Prairie, on R.B. Cartrell property

Cavanaugh School
Cavanaugh, Ar.

Center School
near Excelsior, Ar T6N R31W Sec18

Center Point School
1 mile east of Hartford

Center Valley School
T6N R29W, close to Franklin Co

Central Academy

Central City School
Central City, Ar Hwy 22E

Chalybeate Springs School
near Midland, Ar.

Claborne School
Sugarloaf Twsp

Clarks Chapel School
No. of Witcherville, Ar

Commercial College
Ft. Smith, Ar

Cornish School

Crescent School
at Steep Hill

Mrs. Crockett's School
at Fort Smith

Cross Roads School
NE of Mansfield, Ar

Dayton Academy/School

Diamond Grove School
still active in 1915

Dodson Ave. School - 1908

Dunbar School
estb. 1921 - African American
343 So. 4th St. - Fort Smith, Ar


DuVal Elementary School
14th & No. L St. - Fort Smith, Ar

Edna Chapel School
T7N R29W Sec30; School & Masonic Lodge, by Auburn Ar

Elm Grove School
Massard Prairie

Enterprise School
Beverly, Ar

Estes School
SW of Burnville, Ar on Wm Estes Property

Eureka School
5 mi So of Fort Smith; in Marion Twsp

Excelsior School

Miss Mary B. Farrow's Private School

Fidelity School

First Evangelical Lutheran School
Fort Smith, Ar

Forest Grove School
Bloomer Township east of Bloomer, Ar

Fort Smith Academy
Fort Smith, Ar

Fort Smith's First Public School Teacher

Fort Smith Grade Schools
More than one mentioned in articles

Fort Smith Unknown School Pictures - 1920s
Can you help with names?

Fort Smith Music Teachers

Fort Smith School Teachers

Fort Smith High School
Grand & 15th St., later No 23rd & B, Fort Smith, Ar

Fort Smith Junior High School
14th & Grand, Fort Smith, Ar

Fort Smith Junior College

Frazier School

Gentry School
T7/8N R31W Se 36, on H. G. Gentry property

Greenwood Male & Female Academy

Greenwood Normal College

Greenwood School

Hackett School

Hartford School

Hickory Grove School

Hopewell School
Bates Twsp, S. of Center Valley

Howard School
African American
Estb 1870; 8th & J St. - Fort Smith, Ar


Howard Hill School
1 mile east of Jenny Lind on John Howard property

Huntington Schools

Immaculate Conception School
13th & A - Fort Smith, Ar

Jenny Lind School

Jetton's School House
Big Creek Township

Joyce School

Lavaca School

Liberty School
2 miles East of Greenwood

Lincoln School
African American
Ninth & No. N St.

Little Rock Ave. School House

Lone Star School

McBrides School House
Mississippi Twsp.

McKinney School

Maness/Manus School

Manns School House

Mansfield School

Maple Grove School
This school burned and was replaced by the Carnall School

Marchbank School
NE of Greenwood, Ar, on Marchbank property

Marietta School
(formerly Western Star)

Massard/Mazzard School

Mays/Mayse Chapel School
T8/9N R29/30W Sec 31; near Ursula, Ar

Midland School
(formerly Burma School)

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Midland High School Class Picture

Midland Heights School
African American (grades 1-4)
Fort Smith, Ar


Millcreek School
3 mi. So of Ft. Smith on Texas Rd.

Milltown School

Mine 18 School
Marion Twsp.

Mineral Springs School
Mississippi Twsp. So of Hackett

Miss Lucy Thurston's School
Fort Smith 1875

Miss M.B. Farrow's School
Fort Smith 1880s

Miss Maggie Hamilton's School


Miss Myrtle Parke's School
Fort Smith 1882

Montreal School

Montvale Public School
Marion Twsp.

Moores Rock School
located in NE Big Creek Twsp. close to the river

Morris School House
Sulphur Twsp.

Mount Harmony School
T6N R30W Sec9

Mt. Home/Amity School
Hackett,Ar

Mt. Nebo School

Mt. Olive School
T7N R29W; NW of Bloomer, Ar
or 6 miles N of Huntington


Mountain View School
T6N R32W Sec10, NE of Hackett, Ar

Mt. Zion School
No. of Milltown, Ar

New Hope School
2 1/2 miles from Salem

Nowland Springs School
3 1/2 Miles north of Fort Smith
Later Trusty School


Oak Bower School
later Lavaca

Oak Grove School

Palestine School
Bet. Greenwood & Salem

Parker Elementary School
No. 9th & T St. - Ft. Smith, Ar

Peabody Elementary School
Rogers Ave & So 21st - Ft. Smith, Ar

Pine Grove School

Planter School

Pleasant Grove School
T7N R29W Sec 8; Sulphur Twsp.

Pleasant Hill School
T6N R32W Sec23, near Hackett Ar

Pleasant Prairie School
SW of Central City

Pleasant Ridge School
T6N R29W Sec13 close to Franklin Co line

Pleasant Valley School
Mississippi Township

Pleasant View School

Prairie Creek School
3 mi. from Midland, Ar

Prairie Grove School
T7N R29W, near Franklin Co line

Prairie Valley School
T5N R31W Sec34or35

Redwine School


Riverdale School
Island Township

Rock Bluff School
South of Dayton, Ar

Rocky Mound School
T6N R32W Sec14

Rocky Point School

Rocky Ridge School
Ft Smith on Free Ferry Road

Rogers Elementry School
Kinkead & Lecta - Ft Smith

Roxanna Academy
Excelsior

Rye Hill School
T7N R32W Sec 24; on property of fW.T. Rye

St. Anne's Academy
No. 13th, Fort Smith, Ar

St. Bonafice School
Fort Smith, Ar

St John the Baptist Catholic School
African American
1832 No 8th - Fort Smith, Ar


St. Luke's Lutheran School
Fort Smith, Ar

St. Mary's School
Barling, Ar

St. Scholastica's Academy
Rogers Ave., Fort Smith, Ar

Sand Ridge School
Sand Ridge, Ar

Shady Grove School
T5N R31W Sec28

Sharp Shooters School
Fort Smith 1875

Slaytonville School?

Shiloh School
T4N R31W Sec12

Smedley School
T4N R31W Sec5. Property owned by J.R. & B. B. Smedley

South Fort Smith School

Spradling Elementary School
Spradling Ave & Waldron Rd.- Ft. Smith, Ar

Spring Hill School
Sulphur Twsp.

Steep Hill School
Steep Hill, Ar

Stegall School
T7N R29W Sec20, close to Franklin Co

Sugarloaf School

Sulphur Springs School
T6 R30 Sec2 near Auburn

Tate School
T8W R30N Sec29; on property of Margt Tate; Mississippi Twsp.

Trusty Elementary School
Van Buren Rd & Spradling Ave. - Ft Smiith
Formerly Nowland Springs School


Tyro School
Mississippi Twsp.

Union School
Near Island Twsp

Union Grove School
T7N R29W Sec 27
Greenwood route No. 1


Union Ridge School

Union Valley School

Unity or Unity Special School
2mi SE of Hartford

Ursula School
Ursula, Ar

Mrs. Walker's School
Knox Street, Fort Smith, Ar

Ward's School or Academy
No. 5th & A St., Fort Smith, Ar

Washburn School
Washburn, Ar

Booker T. Washington School
(African Am.)
Estb. 1900, Waldron Rd & Armour St. - Ft Smith, Ar


Weaver Elementary School
Built in 1883 at 15th & No. D. - Fort Smith, Ar

West Harmony School

Western Star School
(later known as Marietta)
between Ursula and Bloomer, Ar.


West Hartford School

West Pine Grove School

Phyllis Wheatley School
Huntington

White Bluff School

White Oak Gap School
SW of Milltown

Witcherville School


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