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Schools

This category is the start of documenting the history of the schools in Fair Haven and Sterling.

Today there are no schools within Fair Haven or the Town of Sterling. Students are bussed to Red Creek or Hannibal. Prior to school “centralization” in the 1940s, students walked to the one-room school house nearest them. Several of these old schoolhouses are still standing. If you can contribute information about any of these, let us know.

If you know of anyone who attended one of the one-room schoolhouses and you can interview them regarding details they remember, please let us know.

Fair Haven High School

Fair Haven School first opened its doors in September of 1899. This combined the 1 through 8 school on Church Street with the Union Free School for grades 9 to 12 that had met in the Central Hall building. After centralization, this remained as an elementary school.

Onionville Schoolhouse

This is the 1904 map showing the location of the Onionville Schoolhouse.
This photo of the Onionville Schoolhouse was taken in 2018.

 

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