The Elk Township Historical Society invites you to our Open House on Saturday, September 14, from 1- 4 PM at the former Scandia one-room school. The 1870s wooden one-room school is restored to its original appearance, with wooden school desks, a painted blackboard, and only the light that comes in the windows. Try sitting at a desk, and write on a lap slate with chalk as kids did many decades ago. We have over 100 years of enrollment records available, as well as records from eleven other one-room schools that were located in Elk Township.

A museum across the hallway has loads of kitchen utensils, tools used on the homestead, genealogical references including township families by road name, many photographs and much more relating to life on early homesteads. Learn about family operated dairy farms, methods of preserving food, hand-made leather shoes, and the Scandia Coal Mine.

We have a pavilion and playground at the school where you can have lunch and kids can play. Search “Elk Township Historical Society” to find us on Facebook.