Up at the base of the thumb of Michigan sits this old schoolhouse: District 2, 1896 per the date plate above the door.
Farming country then; farming country now.
Certainly a different world than metro Detroit.

That's all I know of this structure.
I wonder what happened to the bell. I wonder what it's used for now - it's in pretty good shape.

I passed by and took the photo.
Then I drove on.

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