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Tiskilwa marks 150th year for Lone Tree Schoolhouse · Illinois Valley - Shaw Local

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  Speaker 1: Tisciwa marks one hundred and fiftieth year for Lone Tree Schoolhouse.
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  Written by Tom Collins, this article is being read by
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  an automated voice brought to you by Everlett. The Tuskiwa
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  Historical Society will recognize one of the oldest country school
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  buildings in Illinois and one of the few in continuous
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  use for one hundred and fifty years at two pm Sunday,
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  June fourteenth. Although Lone Tree School closed in nineteen forty two,
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  Wheatland Township has maintained the structure in fine style right
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  into the twenty first century, using it as township meeting hall.
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  The program will be held at the old schoolhouse, eight
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  miles almost directly south of the village one nine two
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  nine two, two hundred and fifty North Avenue, Tiskilwa. It
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  will feature lively reminiscences of school days shared by descendants
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  of Lone Tree students Ruby Downey, Stacker and Willis Anderson,
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  a bit of history on the name and uses of
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  the building, and a couple of surprises. In two thousand
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  and four, Lone Tree earned prestigious recognition on the National
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  Register of Historic Places thanks to the efforts of Dorothy
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  and Francis Ari, who lived across the road from the building.
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  The school room offers a peak into the past, back
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  when most rural children of the Tuscilwa community attended one
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  of the fifteen country schools in the surrounding area. Following
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  the indoor program, treats and soft drinks will be served
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  on the south lawn under a tent. Audience members are
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  encouraged to stay and visit and to bring lawn chairs.
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  Historical Society programs are free of charge and open to
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  the public. A special display of enlarged photographs of the
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  schoolhouse by Mike Vaughan and Dave Horst, as well as
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  several other notable artifacts, will line the walls after June fourteenth.
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  Visitors to Museum on Maine can view the photos in
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  the Timeline hallway, along with a showcase full of Lone
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  Tree memorabilia.