Poppleton School

1877

Poppleton School

Built in 1877 near the northwest corner of Big Beaver and Crooks Roads, Poppleton School was named for William Poppleton who owned 1,200 acres of land in Troy . Children approximately eight to fourteen years old attended classes in this one-room school. One teacher taught all ages reading, writing, arithmetic, spelling, penmanship, history and geography. Boys sat on one side of the school, and girls sat on the other side. The students often shared books like the McGuffey's Reader . Please sit in the desks, look at the reproduction schoolbooks, and imagine you are attending school over 125 years ago!

It was necessary to dismantle Poppleton School to relocate it in the Village in 1980. It was too heavy, over 83 tons, to take across the I-75 overpass and too tall to fit underneath it!

Poppleton Class

Inside Poppleton School

Poppleton Kids

Poppleton School Rhythm Band, 1939