Walnut #5

Walnut #5.  This school is now used as a house/inn.  From I-80 exit 83 at Casey, turn to the south side of I-80, and follow the road labeled N77/110th to the east, and it will turn southbound as Kent Ave.  Proceed south to G15/130th St and turn west.  Proceed one mile to next intersection.  The school is on the SW corner.

Photographed 7/31/14

Judy Briley Wedemeyer posted the following on the "Iowa's Rural Schools" Facebook page, 3/18/22:

Walnut center #5 in Adair County is still standing. This schoolhouse is the 2nd one on this site built in 1922 after the previous building was destroyed by fire. When the rural schools were closed in the early 1950's this building was remodeled for a rental. This former school provided housing for hired men, newlyweds, college interns and hunters. The upstairs was remodeled and the deck added to avoid fighting getting furniture up the narrow steep staircase. Original school had no basement but several years after it was built, parents of students gathered with shovels wheelbarrows and dug the basement by hand. Most of the townships schoolhouse ended up on other locations and became garages, shops and even parts of homes.

Lee Township #1

Located four miles east of Greenfield, at the SW corner of 230th St. and CR P25.  First photo is of the north side; notice the door is at the corner!

Looking at the North and West Sides:

This is the east side of the building:

East and south sides:

Photographed on 11/13/13.

UPDATE:  This building was demolished in 2015.

Prussia #5, Center School

West of Greenfield.  Used from 1873 to 1957.  Originally located at the junction of N77 and G35/190th St.  Moved 4 miles south to the NW corner of N77 and 230th St.  Bed and Breakfast, facing west.

Photographed on 11/13/13

Harrison #8, Prior School

Located on the west side of Greenfield on SR 92.  Relocated from about 10 miles NE in Harrison Township to a Historical Society collection.

Photographed on 11/13/13