Lincoln #5, Lincoln Center School

 Closed in 1927.  Used as a voting hall until 1994.  During this period the front doors were sealed and a door was installed on the south side of the building where the center window was located.  Two north windows also were sealed.  From Victor, proceed south on CR V38 (B Ave) south of I-80 to 250th Street and turn east.  Proceed two miles to D Ave.  The school is located on the SW corner, facing east, although the original doors are covered.  Externally maintained.

This first photo is of the south side with the newer door.

This is the front of the school, with the doors sealed.

Looking through  the rear window at the back of the school with original blackboards.

Here is another interior view showing the boarded up window on the left; there is a twin to that one on the other side of the remaining window.

This view from the one remaining north window shows an old voting "booth," and behind it you can see one of the sealed front doors.

In this last view, seen from the SE window, you can see one sealed front door on the right side of the photo and the other sealed door on the far side of the room.

Photographed 11/5/11

Lincoln #1, Pleasant Ridge School

This school closed in 1949.  It is located about 4.5 miles south-southwest of Ladora.  Proceed south of Ladora on G Ave (CR V48) to 230th St (one mile south of I-80), then turn west one mile.  The school is on the north side of the road, used for storage, and is in bad shape.

Photographed 11/5/11

Lincoln #3, Victor

Originally located about 4 miles south of Victor at the NW corner of B Ave (CR V38) and 230th St.  In 1952 this school was purchased and moved into Victor and converted into a house, now located on the NE corner of 6th St and County Line Road. In this first photo the original school runs from side to side, with the addition of a porch.

Here you can see the small addition on the left side of the photo.

Here you can see the large addition on the east side of the house.

Photographed 11/5/11

Iowa #7

South of Amana  From JCT US6 and US151 North, about 1/4 mile east of US151 is W Ave; turn south on W four miles to 210th St and turn east.  Proceed .6 miles east and the school will be on the north side, facing east.  It is now a residence with an addition on the south side.  Originally located .5 mile east at the NE corner of 210th St and Y Ave.  Fire number address is 3261.

Photographed 10/22/11

Iowa #5, Iowa Center School

South of Amana.  From JCT US6 and US151 South, proceed south on US151 2.5 miles to 190th St and turn east.  School will be .6 mile east of US151 on the north side facing west, now used as a machine shed.  Originally located .4 mile east at the NW corner of 190th St. and V Ave.  The school closed in 1924 and was used as a township hall and as a 4-H club meeting house.  In the late 1940s the township meeting place changed to Amana.  In 1960 the school was auctioned for $400 and moved to a new cement foundation, raised two feet and the floor removed.  A large door was installed on the west side.  The blackboard and chimney remain on the east side of the building.

Photographed 10/22/11

UPDATE 8/2/17:  This building was demolished by 2017.

Iowa #4, Conroy.

Conroy is a small village about 5 miles north of Williamsburg.  This school is located on the east side of Conroy on NE corner of D St (190th St) and 10th Ave, facing east.  Originally located three miles east at the NW corner of 190th St. and T Ave.  Residence, address is 1021 D St.  The school closed in 1932.

Photographed 10/22/11

Millville School, Millville

Moved about .5 mile south of original location on US52, it is on the south side of town at the NW corner of US52 and Graham Rd.  Was used for a while by the AMVETS and American legion, and was also used as a town hall and polling place.  Now a honey sales office.

Photographed 10/10/11

Pleasant Ridge/WIllie School, Guttenberg

 Located on east side of CR X56 4-miles north of the Guttenberg city limit sign, 4.5 miles north of Marina Rd.  Faces south.   Built 1893, closed 1954.  Stone structure covered with pebble dash texture.  Has original furnishings and bell.  New roof.

Photographed 10/10/11

Clayton School, Clayton

Two-story stone structure built 1860, closed 1963.  K-8th grade used first floor, high school used second.  A wooden high school was later built in the lot immediately north, but is no longer extant.  In 2011 a new roof and windows were installed, paid for by the county gaming commission.  Clayton is east of County Road X56 on the Mississippi River, and the school is on the street along the river. 

Photographed 10/10/11

Decorah Township #2, Guttormson School

From junction of US52 and SR9, go north on US52 about .5 mile and turn west on Madison Road.  Proceed 1.3 miles and the school will be on the south side of the road, facing west.  It appears to have been raised on a new foundation.

Photographed 10/10/11

UPDATE 7/20/17.  This school has been moved NW across the road and up a long driveway to better preserve it.

The following photographs were taken on 3/17/18.  The school's current owners are the ones who restored it to the condition when we photographed in 2011.  They moved it to their property (2214 Madison Rd) where they built "De Novo Barn" wedding and event center and put it on a new foundation with a great basement.  I was there to play my bagpipes for a wedding.  The bridesmaids and bride were getting dressed in the basement, so I didn't get to see it, but there is a walkout in the back.  I did go inside the main floor so as to talk with the bride coordinating what my instructions were; fabulously restored inside!  The school is directly across the narrow drive from the barn.

This photo shows me leading the whole bridal party out of the school down to the side of the barn; the groom of course is awaiting in the barn.

Dover #? Northeast of West Union

From West Union, proceed east on US18 about 2 miles to Ironwood Road (first road past the road to the airport) and turn North.  Proceed about 1.5 miles (with twists and turns until it finally straightens north-bound) and the first turn east after the straight section will be Harness road.  Proceed east on Harness Rd for .5 mile and the school will be on the North side of the road.

Photographed 10/10/11

Summit School, Independence

About 1996 this school was moved from its original location nearby to the town of Rowley, and restored.  In 2006 it was again relocated, this time to the Heartland Acres Agribition Center on the west side of Independence, where these photographs were taken.  The school was built in 1869.

This photo was taken through the window on the left in the above shot.

Here's a shot from a side window.

Photographed 10/10/11

Ludlow Township #4

From Waukon, proceed south on SR9, and then when SR9 turns west, proceed about 5.5 miles to Poleline Road (one mile west of SR51)(one mile east of the county line), and then turn south.  Proceed two miles to Countryside Road, and the school is on the NW corner of the intersection.  (A state patrolman told us about this school after we stopped to ask him for information about Lycurgus School.)

Photographed 10/3/11

Howard School

Built in 1896, this school is about three miles northeast of Waukon on SR9, one mile northeast of CR A44, at the intersection of Howard Road.  It sits on the SW corner. It is now being used as a garage, very nicely kept up.

Photographed 10/3/11