Building date: 1845, demolished about 1914.
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Map views courtesy Google Maps. Exact location is not known, likely just south of the Ionia United Methodist Church on the west side of Route 38.
Town of West Bloomfield and Ontario County Maps
Cobblestone school District 3, in the hamlet of Ionia was built in 1845. Long gone, it was located along what is now Elton Road just south of the intersection with County Route 14. It was demolished about 1914. Richard Palmer blog.
Editor's Note: The following article states that the back wall of the cobblestone school collapsed in 1902 and new school was erected at the same location. The assumption would be that the cobblestone school was razed prior the new school construction. Classes where held elsewhere during the construction.
History of Ontario County: "Slates, primers and inkwells in Ionia". A look at education in Ionia in the 19th and early 20th centuries.
 Ontario County 1859 Map Wbl-9 Excerpt.jpg ¹ |  Ionia Cobblestone school.jpg ¹ |
¹ Image courtesy Richard Palmer. Attribution not provided.
