Schoolhouse Renovation

In 1968 the 14 Garden Clubs in the Mid-East District of Kansas selected the school's restoration as their special project. After securing the approval of the Davis-Noland-Merrill Grain Company (who owned the property), the clubs raised funds and renovated the building to as near its 1882 configuration as possible. Research is still being completed on the school in order to put it back to as near original condition as possible.

This picture from 1969 shows Mrs. Fred Howard, Mrs. Elmer Ross, Mrs. R.B. Hughes, and Mrs. Carl Cowley (left to right) donating their time by painting the trim around the windows.
Photo taken in the 1960s of the Lower Fox Creek School.	These diagrams show how the layout of the school and surrounding area appeared after it was first opened in the 1880s.

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