District No. 30 – Langdon School – Washington County Historical Society

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District No. 30, Langdon School
DISTRICT FORMED	1873, changed 1918
YEARS SCHOOLS BUILT	N/A
GENERAL LOCATION	N/A
MODERN ADDRESS	Hwy. 61 near Jamaca
DISTRICT BOUNDARIES	N/A
DISPOSITION	Now a meeting hall.
Notes	1873: District established. 1878: Temporary school built 1879: New school built. Consisted of 8 grades The first school was taught in a small “shanty” on Henry Morgan’s place. Then a tenement house owned by Levi Bailey. Langdon now incorporated into Cottage Grove. The village consists of 16 houses now. At one time, the curriculum included going to movies and the Capitol for field trips. Student enrollment: 1881: 52 students. 1898: 21 students. 1939: 28 students.
MEMORIES:	“The equipment of the school has always been considered among the best in the county and the interest of teachers, parents, and friends is well manifested in the provision of a library numbering some 150 books.”- Stillwater Gazette, December 1898.

Known Teachers:

1873-4: Martin Severance
1878-9: Jennie Witherspoon
1898-9: Natie Collopy
1930-1: Alice Howard
1931-2: Alice Howard
1936-7: Rebecca Holton
1938-9: Mary Merry
1939-40: Mary Merry
1944-5: Ann Redmond
1946-7: Agnes Wilhelm and Martha Stoen

Other teachers: Julia Latham, Sarah Howard, George Seamer, Mrs. Ed McDonald, Francis Mosher Kemp, Lizzie Brown, Lizzie Sullivan, Matie Watson, Mary Baily Cowell, Mary Wright Bahe, Margaret Dinwoodie Belden.