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| Ellisville School Building and Student Body – 1910 |
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| Courtesy of Max Latimer |
The History of Ellisville High School
Ellisville (population 87) is located in upper-western Illinois about 20 miles northeast of Macomb. The town was founded in 1830 by Levi D. Ellis and currently sits in northwestern Fulton County. County Highway 17 is the main thoroughfare through Ellisville. The Spoon River flows by the east side of town. Ellisville is said to have the smallest operating library in Illinois. More on the town’s history can be read at: http://www.iltrails.org/fulton/Twp_Histories/Ellisville.html.
A school in Ellisville opened in 1840, and it was called Pleasant Hill Academy. In 1920, a new community high school (pictured above) was established and classes were added one-by-one. Ellisville High School served the town and surrounding farm kids for over four decades, possibly much longer. We believe it was in the late 1940s that consolidation talks began between the small schools of Ellisville, Fairview, and London Mills. We further believe that this effort was realized in the late 1940s when the Spoon River Valley School District was formed.
The fate and some history of the Ellisville High School building was provided by Phil Hammond:
“The Ellisville high school building served as a high school from 1920 to 1949 when the Spoon River Valley School district was formed. They moved the High School to Fairwiew, IL where it served until 1973. The Ellisville School served as a grade school from 1949 to 1973 when the new schools were built in the country by Rapatee, IL. The school was closed in 1973. It was vacant from 1973 to 1987 when it was razed.”
A new school was built in a country setting near London Mills and the Ellisville school was no longer needed. The Ellisville High School building, sadly, was razed in the late 1980s, after the above photo was taken..
Ellisville High School Quick Facts
Year opened: late 1800s
Year closed: late 1940s?
Consolidated to: Spoon River School District (London Mills)
Ellisville HS team nickname: the “Eagles”
Team colors: Blue & Silver
School Fight Song: unavailalbe
| ATHLETICS
Ellisville High School competed in basketball and most likely baseball, and track. We currently have no information on this. There is no record of Ellisville athletics on the IHSA website that we could locate. —————————— BOYS BASKETBALL The boys competed in the IHSA State Tournament for certain. Scores of games played by Ellisville were located on a website titled “Illinois High School Postseason Basketball Scores.” Those listed are in turn copied below. 1930-31 Canton District Tournament Coach’s name & Record Needed. 1st Rd lost to Avon 23-11 Farmington Beat Canton in title game. —– 1931-32 Canton District Tournament Coach’s name & record Needed. 1st Rd lost to Smithfield 39-17 Canton Beat Cuba in title game. —– 1932-33 Canton District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd lost to London Mills 23-19 Canton Beat Cuba in title game. —– 1933-34 Lewistown District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd lost to Astoria 34-16 Canton Beat Fairview in title game. —– 1934-35 Canton District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd lost to Adair 25-10 Canton Beat Fairview in title game. —– 1935-36 London Mills District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd Beat Bryant 25-14 Semi-Final lost to Fairview 28-12 Fairview beat Table Grove in title game. —– 1936-37 Canton District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd lost to Ipava 24-15 Vermont Beat London Mills in title game. —– 1937-38 Cuba District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd lost to Ipava 45-12 Fairview beat Ipava in title game. —– 1938-39 Prairie City District Tourney Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd lost to London Mills 31-12 Champion not available. —– 1939-40 District Scores Needed. —– 1940-41 Prairie City District Tourney Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd Beat Smithfield 38-25 Semi-Final lost to Fairview 42-31 Ipava Beat Fairview in title game. —– 1941-42 District Scores Needed. —– 1942-43 Fairview District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd lost to Yates City 30-23 Prairie City beat Fairview in title game. —– 1943-44 District Scores Needed. —– 1944-45 London Mills District Tourney Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd lost to London Mills 56-27 Brimfield beat Fairview in title game. —– 1945-46 Fairview District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd lost to Brimfield 59-31 Brimfield beat Fairview in title game. —– 1946-47 Fairview District Tournament Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd lost to Fairview 57-31 Fairview beat Brimfield in title game. —– 1947-48 London Mills District Tourney Coach’s name & record needed. 1st Rd lost to Brimfield 58-40 Fairview beat London Mills in title game. —– **1948-49 District Scores Needed **Final season for boys varsity high school basketball for Ellisville. —————————— SEEKING MORE INFORMATION If you wish to share any information regarding Ellisville High School please complete a School Submission Form or a Guest Commentary Form. You may also write us via e-mail at ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net or via USPS at: Illinois HS Glory Days 6439 N. Neva St. Chicago, Il. 60631
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