Trevor Grade School

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The Beginning...

The first single room school house, built in 1848, was a small wooden building that was located on the George Patrick property directly across from the present school area. The name of the school was "Trevor State Graded School," and the school district was known as "Salem District No. 7." In 1910, the second wooden building was built on a piece of property that was donated by William Mecklenberg. The original building was moved a half mile north and was used for a chicken house. 

The 1910 building consisted of two classrooms which had a big bell on the roof that was used every day to call the students in for attendance and instruction.

It also had a basement with a boiler type furnace that supplied steam heat. The school had one teacher. Only one classroom was used until the year 1926 when the enrollment grew to 48 first through eighth graders. There wasn't a gymnasium or stage for school programs. The owner of the Trevor Social Center building, which was moved to Trevor in 1922, bought six large tables that were put together and used as a stage.

The 1910 building consisted of two classrooms which had a big bell on the roof that was used every day to call the students in for attendance and instruction.

It also had a basement with a boiler type furnace that supplied steam heat. The school had one teacher. Only one classroom was used until the year 1926 when the enrollment grew to 48 first through eighth graders. There wasn't a gymnasium or stage for school programs. The owner of the Trevor Social Center building, which was moved to Trevor in 1922, bought six large tables that were put together and used as a stage.

Since the enrollment was up to 48, the parents of the district wanted the School Board to hire a second teacher. The three Board members had their meetings at the Trevor Store around a pot-belly stove. The Trevor Store building is still standing and has been converted to apartments.

The Board's answer to the people's request for a second teacher was "they couldn't find a teacher." Andrew K. Mark went door to door for signatures to ask the Board to hire a teacher. A two year teacher's college was in Union Grove, Wisconsin. The daughter of a nearby family was graduating that year. She attended the School Board meeting with her application. After that, there were two teachers in the building.