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The Coal Creek Schoolhouse is an excellent example of a one-room prairie school from the beginning of the twentieth century. The original Coal Creek School, located near the Edward Smith Farm, burned to the ground in either 1927 or 1928, and this replacement building was constructed on its foundation. The school offered grades one through eight for children from rural Aurora, and it also served as a place for public gatherings until 1960. The schoolhouse and associated buildings have been moved twice; the second move brought it to its current location at the Beck Recreation Center/Springhill Park in order to commemorate the state Centennial and national Bicentennial celebrations in 1976.
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