Macomb County Schoolhouse

[Gypsy Heart]

The Prestonville Schoolhouse (25 Mile & Schoenherr built in 1881,was converted into a private residence. The Andrews Schoolhouse (25 Mile & Mound) was moved to the Shelby Township grounds in 1975 and restored as part of the townships Bicentennial project.

This small wooden building is the former one room Andrews Schoolhouse. It dates back to the 1800’s. The school was originally located at the northeast corner of 25 Mile and Mound Roads. It was named for Hiram Andrews who owned the land on which the school was built. The school was moved to its present location in 1976 as part of the Shelby Township’s Bicentennial project.

I think hunting the original property of the Andrews school would be a good site....
Also Preston Schoolhouse was located near Cooley Corners

The lost village of Cooley's Corners was located at the intersection of 24 mile and Schoenherr Roads. Cooley's Corners was the home of Dr. Dennis Cooley. He was a botanist who wrote several papers on the area's plant life during the late 1880's. In addition to being a medical doctor, Dr. Cooley served as the Washington Postmaster from 1836 to 1859

 

[xdanthemanx]

Thanks gypsy, thats like 3 miles from where i work here in macomb i work at 23 and hayes ill drive by there on the way home and check out the accessibility

DTM

 

[mcmich]

Yes there are some interesting areas around Shelby twp, unfortunately alot are private property. Have not found the nerve to ask anyone for permission yet! I live a few miles from the Cooley site. There are some public parks with alot of history (River bends park for instance). Went there a quite a few times, found everything from a silver (a couple) to musket balls. I think it has been searched pretty hard, lots of work to find anything. Being new to this I hope to spend some time researching this winter. Anyone know what would be the best local library?

 

[Planet1mars]

if you go north there is another one owned by a excavating company...i wont tell to much becuse i just got permission to hunt it

 

[starwarsblazer]

Looks like a future spot (hopefully), there is an old church in Ionia that I wanted to hunt, but got the disappointing NO WAY! Oh well, lots of other fully accessible spots to go