ORIGINS

I grew up in a small Ohio town and I rode the school bus from 1st through 12th grades. My bus ride always included a country road on which every school day we saw a one-room brick school house. (SW corner of Stine Rd and Enon-Xenia Pike). As the years went by I watched this wonderful, familiar friend fall apart. After I married the school really began to deteriorate. Every time we visited the area I would want to take a photo of the school but never did. Finally, when we went specifically for the task, the school was gone. It was a huge loss for me and, since that time, whenever we pass a one-room school it is a joy to stop to take a picture or two. Thus, our collection here and the blog with schools in other states. Jill :oD

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Coralville, IA

We had seen this large structure many times - it is only about 15 minutes from our house.  We hadn't photographed it because it wasn't a one-room school - or so we thought.  On our anniversary in Aug. 2007 we took a tour and learned that the upper level was never used for classes, rather it was used as a gymnasium, for assemblies or dances, etc.  The school was built in 1876 on a land donated by the Ezekiel Clark family.

7th and 8th grade classes continued here after the lower grades were moved to the new school built begining Spring 1949. In 1951, with an addition to the new school, the 7th and 8th grades also moved there and this school became used as a warehouse for the city.

In 1974 the Johnson County Historical Society received a 50-year lease for restoration and use of the buildingas a historical museum, which opened 4 July 1983.
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