Snyder School

A Greek-Revival Schoolhouse An 1840's authentically renovated Greek Revival style schoolhouse is the latest addition to the Spring Arbor Township park system. Located on Star Road, south and west of the Senior Center, it houses a replicated schoolroom on the main floor and a historical records museum in the basement. It’s another project of the Spring Arbor Historical Committee spearheaded by Becky Cunningham and Lloyd Ganton. Open only by appointment, visitors may call Spring Arbor Township [750-2800] to request a tour for groups or individuals. The building is handicapped accessible; however, water and toilet facilities are available only at the nearby Senior Center.

Log benches built by Lloyd Phillips from logs donated by Stan Lyon serve as student seating. Because the school did not have a belfry, a school bell has been mounted on a pedestal at the school's back entrance.

The lower level of the building contains a wealth of primary historical information available for historians, genealogists, and any other interested history buff or citizen. Information includes copies of original Spring Arbor Township's abstracts collected by various members of the historical committee; original, handwritten, family history manuscripts; an original 1858 six-foot Jackson County map, copies of early township maps framed and on display; Potowatomi and other Indian tribe histories and artifacts; 8-10 early Jackson County and Township histories and pictorial and written copy tracing the construction/renovation of the Falling Water Park, the Veterans Memorial and the Greek Revival Schoolhouse.

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