Old House

Just for interest sake, this house is one-tenth of a mile from Hardscrabble school.  The owners, who were working in the yard, said this house was over 150 years old.  Since this house was here before the civil war, it had already been there at least a decade before the school was built.  I would then assume that any children living here would have attended Hardscrabble school.

Castle Grove #9, Hardscrabble School

Yesterday when we went to look for this one we discovered just how inaccurate directions can be!  Information we had was from a university study, but their directions led us on a 40 min goose-chase until we accidentally came across Hardscrabble Road (not even mentioned in the directions) and assumed it would lead to the school.  ARGH!

So if you're looking for this one, from Monticello, IA you must head west on D62 for 4.3 miles to 205th Avenue and turn north.  After traveling .7 mile you will intersect Hardscrabble Road and continue north for  another 1.5 miles to the school.  If you miss 205th Ave, the next road you will come to on the right is Hardscrabble, but I didn't get the distance (about a mile, though).

This school was used from early 1870s until 1959 and is now a private residence.  The greater percentage of its students were Indians.

Not being able to get on the property, all these were photographed with a telephoto lens.

Amber, Iowa

On the east side of Amber is the community center, which used to be the Wayne Zion Lutheran school in Wayne Township.  The town of Amber purchased it an moved it here. Of course the vinyl siding has been added, but looking up under the eaves one can see the old structure.

Wayne #6, Edinburg, IA

From Amber, IA, go two miles east on County Home Rd E23 and this will be on the NE corner of 140th Avenue, about 1 mile west of Edinburg.

I previously posted shots of this school, which were taken in 2006, but those were taken with too much growth around the school so you couldn't see a whole lot.  I deleted those shots.  These shots were taken today as we headed out to find it again.  Since our last time there, the outside has been painted, but nothing else appears to have been done to prevent this school from further deterioration.