Description:
Framed by picturesque maple trees at Beckley and Helmer roads, the Beckley School stands as the namesake of Ira Beckley, an early settler. The Enquirer and News reported on Feb. 28, 1984, that the one-room schoolhouse built in 1859 had been designated a historic Michigan site. According to the article, the school served 33 pupils during its first year of operation. It closed in 1957 and has been under private ownership in the decades since.