First Stone School, Seneca, Kansas
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First Rock Schools in
Seneca
Picture from Citizens State bank Centennial booklet of 1994.
Original from the Courier Tribune caption under picture
"Seneca Public School, May 18, 1989, one of the first stone building in northern
Kansas,
Picture Courtesy Courier Tribune"
The information below from Courier Tribune 1938 and October 27, 2004
The very first school in Nemaha County was in 1858 in Smith's Hotel. The school district was not organized until sometime later.
The first report on school matters in Nemaha County was made in 1860. This report showed 180 persons between the ages of 5 and 21 years, and 6 organized school districts, the same number of schools being taught. A brick one story schoolhouse was opened in Seneca in the Spring of 1865. Three years later, this building was already too small. Bids were taken for a new building, and the brick one-story building was sold to the Catholic Society for church purposes. In 1869, C. G. Scrafford constructed this new stone building which was two stories high with a bell tower and a pinnacle 66 feet high
There was a meeting in October of 1879 to make a decision on adding to this school because of the increased enrolment. There being over 60 students in one primary room with three students in some desk It was decided to build an addition 30 feet wide and 60 foot long to the north side of the present building thus completing the original design of the building.
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This page last updated on 11/15/2005
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