This was previously Crane's Grove School, before being repurposed into a residence. The school was part of District 139 of Stephenson County, before being annexed to the Baileyville school district on July 1, 1959. Crane's Grove was the last of two one-room schoolhouses operating as its own district (the Sunnyside school district was the other). On October 16, 1958 the Freeport Journal-Standard reported an enrollment of 21 for the 1958-59 school year. The State of Illinois had previously recommended that it join another (larger) district due to several issues including a lack of running water (Journal-Standard Oct. 8, 1958).