Margaret Merhoff, Wayne County Historian, found in the attic of her home at No. 25 High Street, Sodus, a quantity of old photographic plates, from which this 1897 picture was printed. The house was once occupied by Mrs. Bert Stacy, the widow of Bert Stacy who at one time was a photographer at Alton. It is believed this picture was taken by him in the late 1890’s.

South Sodus Schoolhouse was a single-room schoolhouse that served students in the South Sodus area for several generations. It  closed in 1944 and is now a private home. In April 1944 (see photo above), it was decided to close the school and to have the children be included in Lyons Central School District.

District #10 South Sodus
8341 Wayne Center Road
Sodus Center, NY

Teachers

1813-date school opens
1875-1876 Washington Dennis
1876-1877 Washington Dennis and Jacob Guither
1883-1884 John F. Hosford and Delia VanDane
1884-1885 Delia VanDane
1885-1886 Columbus Green
1886-1887 Corwin J. Smith
1896-1897 Mable Ferris and James Thompson
1898-1899 J. P. Thompson and Mabelle Ferris
1899-1900 Fred Hill and Leila Rose
1900-1901 Kate Rodenbach
1901-1902 Frank M. Seager
1902-1903 John E. Hulsaver and Lena Furbush
1904-1905 Edith C. Miller and Minnie M. Milem
1911-1912 Florence Seymour
1913-1914 Pearle Ray
1914-1915 Mrs. George Bastian
1925-1926 L. Marguerite Philips
1927-1928 Edith Miller and Karolyn DeLeys Hunter
1928-1929 Karolyn DeLeys Hunter
1936-1937 Elsie Mariett
1941-1942 Elsie Mariett
1942-1943 Elsie Mariett
1943-1944 Elsie Mariett