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Schmuhl School Moves Toward New Habitat For History
A crowd watched Schmuhl School inch across Route 30 on Wednesday as Commonwealth Edison crews lifted wires. The one room school will become a museum in the Hickory Creek Nature Preserves, after decades on the Route 30 corner. Community support funded a $177,000 effort, with plans to restore the classroom and display Native artifacts and period items. The move, cost $37,000, marks the start of fundraising for ongoing museum operations and landscaping with a future ground‑breaking planned.
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Schmuhl School
Schoolhouse Road
Commonwealth Edison
Route 30
New Lenox Area
Hickory Creek Nature Preserves
Mary Jane Gouga
The
Historical Society
Pat Holm
Holm
Lori Lindberg
Lyle Hyatt and Sons of
Sandwich
Ill
Jack Kerpan
Mokena
Mary Whitaker
New Lenox
Whitaker
District 122
Schmuhl
Emily Corona
Katie Mroz
Walgreens
Mark Krull
Shawn Wayne
Forest Preserve
Will County
Hickory Creek
LaPorte Road
Bruce Hodgdon
Forest District
Hodgdon
Nature Preserves Board
Lindberg
Cherry Hill
Michael Pasteris
Forest Preserve District
Saving Schmuhl School
Renee Kosel
Sanctuary Golf Course
Marley Road
Lincoln Way High School
Matthew Grott
Schumachi School