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Eder District No. 12, Lake Elmo

Part of Washington County Schools of the Past

Eder School. Photo by John Runk, courtesy Minnesota Historical Society. (Neg. #1251)

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Eder District No. 12, Lake Elmo
District formed July 29, 1861 at the home of John Morgan
Years schools built 1868 [burned in 1888], 1888 [cost about $400 and was 18 X 30 ft]
General location Northeast corner of Peter Hauck's farm in section 11; the 1888 building located a quarter of a mile east of the center of section number 10, town of Oakdale.
Modern address The 1888 school was built at Julep & 46th Street
District boundaries N/A
Disposition The school was moved and used as a farm shed on the Eder farm after the school was vacated in 1920. It was recently moved to the Oakdale Nature Center and the Lake Elmo/Oakdale Historical Society plans on renovating the building and having it used for classes and other programs.
Notes

*School once held in the homes of John Morgan, H. D. Apman, and Jacob Sullwold.

*Consolidated with Lake Elmo school in 1920.

Known Teachers

1897-1898: Mollie Wright
1914-1915: Hermie Johnson
1915-1916: Mate Collopy
1916-1917: Selma Grady
1917-1918: Bessie Malone
1918-1919: Myrtle Hunstiger
1919-1920: Myrtle Hunstiger
1920-1921: Alice Caventer Eder [Fall Term]
Emily Nelson [Spring Term]
Other teachers: Annie Crosser
  Mary E. Day
  Mate O'Brien
  Emma Scott
  Anna Webber
  Matie Hurley
  B. E. Long
  George Downing
  Frank Wray
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