During the early to mid-1900s, this building was used as Fonia School. It was a short distance south of South Custer Road and the home of Ernst "Ernest" Heiden at 8925 South Custer Road. His children, Frank (1897-1923), Edwin "Pete" (1899-1977), Walter (1903-1985), Ada (Heiden) Robbins (1906-1987), Elmer (1909-1981), Florence "Maggie" Miller (1911-1993), Ervin (1913-1996) and Alfred "Dave" (1915-1998) attended the school through the 8th grade.

Later after the one-room schools were incorporated into the Dundee Community Schools in the late 1940s, Fonia School was converted into a single family home. According to JoAnn (Heiden) Kimlin, her aunt, Dorothy (Heiden) Strzesinski (left) lived there for a while and you wouldn't have guessed it was once a school.