Contractor Greg Springer explains his plans to repair the 1870 Howard Schoolhouse in Independence. The Jackson County Historical Society has raised funds to repair the one-room schoolhouse that was originally in northern Lees Summit. It was donated to the Historical Society and placed at its current location in 1959. [Mike Genet/The Examiner]
By Mike Genet mike.genet@examiner.net The Howard Schoolhouse, in place for more than 60 years next to the 1859 Jail and Marshal’s Home Museum on the…