When the village was first settled, children were educated at home or by men and women who charged tuition for teaching students in their houses. In 1825, bowing to public pressure, the Ohio state legislature passed a law that mandated public education throughout the state. (Video: Donna Klepper, 2009)
In 1885 Huron’s citizenry joined together and financed the building of the first modern schoolhouse. Erected on the corner of Williams and Shirley Streets the school cost $20,000 and was completed in 1886. Built of brick, the three-story school’s most impressive exterior feature was a clock tower on the top of the structure. It was sold at auction to a salvage company in Cleveland for $2300 in 1943. The school board wanted to tear it down to prevent anyone from converting it into a factory, which it believed would have been detrimental to the residences in the area.Huron High School 1927 girls basketball team pictured in front of the school's clock tower. Front row: Ruth Gall Heldman, Eloise Sperry Bower, Mary Windau, Elsie McDonald Richard. 2nd Row: Ruth Jackaway, Charlotte Wilkes, Virginia Heyman Tracy.In addition to village schools, there were five one-room schoolhouses in Huron Township located on Fox Road (pictured) Huron Avery Road, Camp Road, River Road, and Cleveland Road West. The Fox Road and Cleveland Road schools have been converted into houses. The township and village schools merged in the 1930s.This house on the corner of South and Ohio Streets was used as a school house in the mid 1800s.
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