FIRST SCHOOL IN GREENE COUNTY

LOCATION: 1820 Mount Vernon Street, just west of Kansas Expressway and the railroad tracks.

INSCRIPTION: "225 FEET SOUTH OF THIS SPOT THE FIRST SCHOOL-HOUSE IN GREENE COUNTY WAS BUILT BY PIONEERS, 1831. SMALL CABIN, LOGS CUT OUT FOR WINDOW AND DOOR OPENINGS. NO SHUTTER, DOOR OR CHIMNEY. DIRT FLOOR, THREE-LEGGED BENCHES. FIRST TEACHER, JOSEPH ROUNTREE. PUPILS FROM ROUNTREE, MILLER, FULBRIGHT AND WEAVER FAMILIES. MARKER ERECTED 1921 BY SPRINGFIELD UNIVERSITY CLUB.