17049 US 12, Edwardsburg, Michigan. County/parish: Cass.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places September 12, 1985. NRIS 85002153.
2 contributing buildings.Also known as:
Mason District Number 5 Schoolhouse is a former two room rural schoolhouse in Mason Township, Cass County, Michigan built in 1874; the school could hold up to 110 students. The school operated until 1959, when the area became part of the Constantine School District. Constantine School District continued operating the schoolhouse for kindergarten through 6th grade until 1963. The building was transformed into the Mason Township Hall in 1964. In 1973 the building also became home to the Mason-Union Branch of the Cass District Library.
The school house is listed on both the National Register of Historic Sites and the Michigan registry of Historic Sites.
The current uses are still a split use government building, where the historic school house is used by the Cass District Library for the Mason-Union Branch and the new addition in the back, being used by the township.
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/25339080