We are open every Saturday from
10am to 2pm or by appointment.

Phone: (618) 222-9430

Labor & Industry Museum
123 North Church St.
Belleville, Illinois 62220

Henry Raab

Henry Raab (1837-1901)

Henry Raab was born in Westzler, Germany in 1837, and moved to Belleville in 1854. "No instruction is of any avail when it leaves the child indifferent." Raab, a German born educator, served as the first full-time superintendent of the Belleville School District. He was instrumental in building the Lincoln School of West Belleville and the existing Henry Raab School is named in his honor. From 1882 to 1886, he served as the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and instituted a program of mandatory teachers institutes by county.

 

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