Iowa One Room Schools: Pilot #3, Colton School

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

Saturday, November 5, 2011

Pilot #3, Colton School

Built 1913, closed 1947. Purchased early 1954 and remodeled into a home with several additions. It became a parsonage for the church across the street in 1968. Located on the NE corner of 230th St and H Ave (CR V52), about 1.5 miles south of I-80.

In this first photo, the original school is the back section with the two windows.