This picture postcard shows the Minooka schoolhouse that stood on the northwest corner of Church and Massasoit Street, where the intermediate school stands today. This building, built in 1880, housed first through eightth grades. By 1900, the building also served the needs of students as a three-year high school. The schoolhouse's gymnasium was in a separate building on the southeast corner of Mondamin and Osceola Streets. This school building served the village until 1925, when a new brick schoolhouse was built just north of the old school building. Once completed, the old two-story schoolhouse was razed in 1925. The one-room east edition was saved and moved to St. Mary's Street and served as a private residence until the early 1990s.