Division Street

The South Side School was built in 1853 to replace a frame building, which had stood on a site nearby, which had been constructed in 1837. The first floor housed the elementary students; the second story had classrooms for the 7th and 8th grades.

The South Side School was closed in 1901, when the Estes School opened and all Island classes were consolidated there. The building was sold and became a private residence, which it remains to this day. For a time, c. 1950-1935, an addition to the west side of the stone structure was used as the Kelleys Island Public Library, a branch of the Sandusky Library. (The Library is now housed in the basement of the Estes School.) Two other schoolhouses still stand on the Island, now private homes.

  
From Kelleys Island, A Tour Guide