Founded in 1883 and named for Henry Taylor, the old Taylor School was established on land given by Henry Taylor, Gid Thompson, and other early settlers. Its first trustees were D. Harper, H. Kennedy, and H. Taylor. The first one-room frame building had homemade desks and recitation benches. After it burned, two more school buildings were erected before the school consolidated with Utopia in 1937. Miss Sue Harper, Frank Robinson, and “Miss Mattie” Noel were among its outstanding teachers. The school also served as a community center, hosting a weekly literary society, Sunday school, and church.