FIRST SCHOOL IN SPRINGFIELD

LOCATION: Northwest corner of College Street and Main Avenue.

INSCRIPTION: "SITE OF FIRST SCHOOL IN WHAT IS NOW SPRINGFIELD, BUILT BY PIONEERS, 1832, OF SMALL LOGS WITH MUD AND STICK CHIMNEY, LOOSE PLANK FLOOR, AND THREE-LEGGED BENCHES. JOSEPH ROUNTREE FIRST TEACHER. MARKER ERECTED 1921 BY THE SPRINGFIELD PUBLIC SCHOOLS."