Iowa One Room Schools: April 2012

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

Sunday, April 8, 2012

Buena Vista #?

On County T22 south of I-80, north of Killduff, at the NE corner of the intersection with S 68th Ave E. Interesting extra door in the back. Now used as a storage shed.

Photographed 4/7/12

Graham #5, Summit School

Proceed north of Iowa City on State Highway 1 for about 1 mile north of I-80, to Rapid Creek Road, and turn east. About 4 miles NE on this road it will dead-end at 280th St. The school will be on the north side of 280th just east of this intersection, fire number 5242. My 1912 map makes it appear to be sitting about 1,000 to 1,500 feet east of this position, but the map is not always that accurate, so this may or may not be the original location. It has been turned into a machine shed.

Photographed 4/6/12

Graham #7, Oasis School

Proceed east of Iowa City on Herbert Hoover Highway, three miles to Oasis Rd, then turn north. About 2.25 miles you will come to the small hamlet of Oasis, and this school is on the south side of town on the west side of the road, converted into a garage.

Photographed 4/6/12