REDFORD TOWNSHIP DISTRICT No.5 SCHOOL

Three Redford Township District No.5 Schools have stood on this property. A log structure served students from around 1842 until the 1870’s when a wooden-frame school was constructed. The present structure, built sometime between 1916 and 1921, was erected according to stock plans provided free by the state superintendent of public instruction who noted: "The modern rural building is planed to observe both hygienic needs and the conveniences of schoolroom administration."

Renamed Redford Union School District No.1 in 1923 and known popularly as the Beech Road school, this is a rare surviving example of a school that exhibits every detail of the state superintendent’s design, including the belfry and the simple decorative brickwork.

Bureau of Michigan History, Michigan Department of State

Registered Local site No.1991

Property of the State of Michigan. 1994

Last Revised: 01/24/09