Lone Tree School

Lone Tree School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Nearest city	Tiskilwa, Illinois
Coordinates	41°11′11″N 89°29′11″W / 41.18639°N 89.48639°WCoordinates: 41°11′11″N 89°29′11″W / 41.18639°N 89.48639°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1876
Architectural style	One-room school
NRHP Reference #	04000418[1]
Added to NRHP	May 12, 2004

The Lone Tree School is a historic one-room schoolhouse located at 19292 250 North Avenue in rural Bureau County, Illinois. The school was built in 1876 to serve the community of Lone Tree and surrounding Wheatland Township. It was one of three schools in the township, and served school district #3; the district was established in 1848, but the location of its first school is unknown. It continued to serve the area until 1942, when it closed due to school consolidations in the county; the school outlasted the community it served, as Lone Tree was otherwise abandoned by the 1920s. Though Bureau County once had 236 one-room schoolhouses, Lone Tree School is one of the few which is well-preserved and still at its original location.^[2]

The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 12, 2004.^[1]

References

1. National Park Service (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Ary, Dorothy (January 30, 2004). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Lone Tree School" (PDF). Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Retrieved June 12, 2016.