The school was located in Lee County, Alto Township, Northwest Section 12 on Woodlawn Road on the southeast side of the intersection.
The School was called the Finnestad (or Carlson) #135.
Here is a photo from the Lee County Historical Site.
Correction (April 12, 2013) below:
The School can be found on the following plat map of Alto township by locating Section 12:
http://finnestadhistory.blogspot.com/2010/05/alto-township-lee-county-illinois.html
1 comment:
The location of Finnestad School is correct on the plat map (red letters) on your site, but the East/West crossroads at its location was/is not McGirr Road. McGirr Road is two miles south of Perry Road while Finnestad School was two miles north of Perry Road on the SE corner of the E/W road's intersection with what is now called Woodlawn Road. The E/W Road might be Hayes or it might no longer be a road. I thought you would want to correct this inaccuracy in an otherwise excellent site.
gary.krahenbuhl@asu.edu
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