David Haeger School and Cemetery

The David Haeger School and Cemetery were named for the David Haeger family from Germany, who settled in this part of McHenry County. This area was the boyhood home of David Henry Haeger, the eldest Haeger child, who founded the world renowned decorative pottery business in 1871, still in operation today. Before pottery production, Haeger manufactured unique bricks that supplied Chicago with a vast inventory to help rebuild the city after the Great Fire of 1871. The original school stood on the Haeger farm directly north across Spring Creek Road where Meadow Hill Road ends. As enrollment increased, a separate building was constructed on the cemetery grounds in the 1860s. This frame one-room schoolhouse also served as a community meeting hall and church. Haeger School closed in the 1940s, as other one-room schools in Barrington were consolidated into Countryside School on Lake-Cook Road. The adjoining Haeger Cemetery was dedicated by deed in 1854, though some burials took place earlier and the oldest headstone dates to 1842. Four members of the David Haeger family are buried there along with other early settlers of the region. The cemetery has been closed to burials for over 100 years, and the latest headstone is dated 1894.

Barrington Hills, Illinois · United States