Iowa One Room Schools: Chickasaw County

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

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Wednesday, February 8, 2023

Harvest School, Williamstown

Address 2767 US63, about 3/4 mile south of the junction of SR346 (Williamstown) west side of the highway. Located on the south side of Harvest Church. Built Ca.1920 replacing an older one?

Owner Jose Ramirez told us this area was known as Boytown and that the former owners were Richard & Joyce Walter. Joyce was a teacher here.

Photographed 2/4/23

Friday, June 25, 2010

Jacksonville #12

This is a school I read about on the 'net, so as we drove up US63 on our way to the North Shore of Lake Superior on 6/21, we detoured just a bit to see it. About 3 1/2 miles north of New Hampton, IA, we turned east on 170th Street and traveled 4 1/2 miles east to Adolph Munson Park, which is the site of a little village which no longer exists. This park still carries the name "Jacksonville," and has a couple old cabins moved here. The school was moved from 1/4 mile west so as to be part of the collection.