Learning at the North Unity School

  • Here’s the North Unity School in 1906. The schoolhouse was originally of log construction. The siding and the front entry room (where firewood was stacked to dry) were added later, but have now been removed. Photo courtesy of Paul Dechow
    Here’s the North Unity School in 1906. The schoolhouse was originally of log construction. The siding and the front entry room (where firewood was stacked to dry) were added later, but have now been removed. Photo courtesy of Paul Dechow
This continues a series adapted from the book, “A Port Oneida Collection,” Volume 1 of the twopart set, “Oral History, Photographs, and Maps from the Sleeping Bear Region,” produced by Tom Van Zoeren in partnership with Preserve Historic Sleeping Bear. Here we conclude a look at the North Unity School, along M-22 on Lake Narada.Laura Basch: “At our schoolhouse we had a ball. And we’d throw it —…

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