Education has always been a priority for Northfield residents. The first schoolhouse was built because of Ann North less than a year after the town was founded.
It is thought to be the first school in Rice County. A few years later the school
Education has always been a priority for Northfield residents. The first schoolhouse was built because of Ann North less than a year after the town was founded.
It is thought to be the first school in Rice County. A few years later the school was moved to the more durable Drake building, located at the junction of County Road 1 and Hwy. 246. The building has since been demolished.
In 1874, the building pictured here was built for $35,000 on Union Street.
The school’s first class consisted of seven girls, who graduated in 1877. Until the building was badly bur