{"id":910,"date":"2012-09-08T19:22:37","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T23:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/?p=910"},"modified":"2015-02-18T21:32:10","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T02:32:10","slug":"lancaster-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/lancaster-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Lancaster School"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lillye Younger in The History of Decatur County Past and Present provides this history of schools in the Bath Springs Area.<\/p>\n

The first school at Bath Springs was a log structure located just across from the present Dr. B.M. Brooks home. It was constructed during Civil War days. George Brooks taught here.[13]<\/p>\n

In 1913 the building was torn down and a yellow pine school building erected about 50 feet from the present Bath Springs Baptist Church. It was used as a school-church combination until in 1929 when Three Way School was built.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The school at the Three Way intersection of Hwys 114 and 69 was the Lancaster School.\u00a0 It served the Bath Springs Community for many years. School desks remained in it until it was last used in the 1960s.\u00a0 The building fell into disrepair and was later burned by the fire department at the request of the owner.<\/p>\n

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