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Location |
Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana |
SW corner of US 31 and 196th St |
40° 04' 18"N 86° 07' 43.09"W |
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"The ground upon which the meeting house was built was donated to the church by Allen Tomlinson to Joseph Moore, Allen Tomlinson and Noah Tomlinson, as trustees in 1859. In the erection of this edifice the labor was donated by the members. A part of the house was used for a school room for eight years." [S1, page 323] |
The Friends Church and school building (School #
17) are shown on the 1880 Washington Township map in their current location, on
the land of Allen Tomlinson who provided the land for them both - They are
located north of Westfield on the Lick Creek Gravel Road, north of Westfield
about 2 miles. [S2,
between pages 134, 135] On this map the Church is shown in the Northeast corner of the current Cemetery property and the School is to the west |
Chester Cemetery Entrance Sign - Washington Township, Hamilton County, Indiana - "Chester Friends Cemetery - Site of Chester Friends Meetinghouse 1859-1936 - Site of Chester Public School 1869-1896" |
School in existence: 1869-1896 - I1, |
Many of the older people of the county will remember the schoolhouse as it used to stand beside the Chester meeting house, which still occupies its old site. S3, |
A. G. Stanley, corresponding secretary of the teachers'
association and who taught the Chester School and who issued the celebrated slate-cover order is now engaged and has been for several weeks as teacher in Intermediate B of the Noblesville schools, his time at Chester having expired. He is a first-class teacher. S4, |
School was held in the Meeting House - S5, |
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S1 | Haines, John F. History of Hamilton County, Indiana...... Indianapolis, Indiana: B. F. Bowen, 1915, Bk2922 - | Doc 0245.pdf |
S2 | Helm, T B. History of Hamilton County, Indiana, Reprint . Chicago, Evansville, IN: Kingman Brothers, Unigraphic, 1880, 1976. Bk1604 | Archive.org - Read Online |
S3 | "Out of the Ordinary", (Alice Tomlinson Baber and Chester
School). Noblesville Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana), 4 Aug 1933, Page
1, Col. 1.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/353572816 , accessed 18 March
2019,
Doc5181.pdf OUT OF THE ORDINARY Mrs. Alice Tomlinson Baber, wife of Wallace Baber, is enjoying an experience not permitted to many women. Her beautiful country home is the old Chester school-house remodeled, and made into a commodious, comfortable and beautiful residence. Many of the older people of the county will remember the schoolhouse as it used to stand beside the Chester meeting house, which still occupies its old site. When Mrs. Baber was a little girl she received her introduction to School life in this house and spent many happy and useful years there. Later, when she entered the ranks of the teaching profession, back to this building she came and taught the children of her former friends and neighbors. Now she greatly enjoys entertaining her friends in it and telling them the story. It is always a pleasure to the various clubs and associations when asked to meet here. Naturally Mrs. Baber is greatly attached to her home. |
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S4 | "70 Years Ago", Chester School, A. G. Stanley, March 1873.
Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana), Friday 12 March
1943, page 4, Col. 1.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/353748040
, accessed 19 March 2019. Doc5182.pdf 70 YEARS AGO A. G. Stanley, corresponding secretary of the teachers' association and who taught the Chester School and who issued the celebrated slate-cover order is now engaged and has been for several weeks as teacher in Intermediate B of the Noblesville schools, his time at Chester having expired. He is a first-class teacher. |
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S5 | Noblesville Daily Ledger (Noblesville, Indiana), Wednesday, 10
Nov 1915 - Page 1, Col. 5.
https://www.newspapers.com/image/353605377/?terms=%22Chester%2BSchool%22
, accessed 2 Apr 2019. Miss Esther Tomlinson entertained in honor of her sister, Mrs. Jane Doan, of Plainfield, Sunday [7 Nov], the guests being: Dr. Z. H. Fodrea, Mary M. Moore, Wesley Hiatt and wife, of Sheridan, and Robert Tomlinson and wife. The guests had all gone to school together at Chester when school was held in the meeting house with Jane Tomlinson as their teacher. They all attended the morning services at Chester, Sunday, and then partook of the bounteous dinner and related many experiences of their school days. |
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