Iowa One Room Schools: Cedar Rapids, Edgewood 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

Friday, April 20, 2018

Cedar Rapids, Edgewood School

A “boxcar school,” closed in the 1950s. Located on its original location at 2523 Zika Ave NW. It has been radically modified so that one would never realize it used to be a school!

This first two photos are of the north side of the building, the last one being of the south side.