Iowa One Room Schools: Madison #1, Wray/Young, North Liberty, IA

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

Madison #1, Wray/Young, North Liberty, IA

We had seen this building many years earlier and thought it looked like it might have been a school. The we watched as the owners modified it and put a couple additions on. Still wondering, we had a friend who had lived in the area for decades and she said it was indeed a one-room school. So in December 2007 we finally took a couple shots of it. This house/school is one mile north of our house in North Liberty, on State Highway 965 (old US 218).

Update, 10/18/10. This house is now for sale, and the flier says, "Unique Single Family Home Built From a Restored Schoolhouse." As you can see in the above photos, it has an addition on both sides, plus it has a 3-car garage. Description of the inside tells of some excellent work. Price is "reduced" to $285,000!

More photos from 1/20/11 show more of the house overall

The following photo was taken from Hendershot Rd. on 6/15/16

4 comments:

SB said...: I live in this house and I am searching for pictures of the house when it was used as a one room school house.; November 1, 2014 at 10:29 PM
Glenn E. Chatfield said...: You might try at the Johnson County historical people down in Coralville, next to the automobile museum. They have a lot of information about the schools. We keep trying to find time to get there ourselves!; November 2, 2014 at 7:54 AM
Barbara Young Meade said...: I have a picture of it being built.; October 29, 2023 at 2:39 PM
Glenn E. Chatfield said...: Hi Barbara,

If you'd like to share it you can email it to me at jude3.gctwm@Yahoo.com and I will post it here with whatever information you want to add.; October 29, 2023 at 3:47 PM