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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The Pleasant View school house was closed at the end of the 1950-1951 school year. Last teacher was Hazel Plumb who died in 1995 at the age of 100. The school sat for several years on the grounds of the Louisa County Fair in Columbus Junction. Not sure when it was brought there, but it was in place for the bicentennial in 1976. Floods in 1990 and 1993 caused it to be re-located to the historical society grounds where it is currently on display. I'm not certain of the year it was re-located but my recollection was it might have been in 1994, 1995, or 1996. The original location for the school was along county road x-37 (paved) that goes southeast from Columbus City. Located in Columbus City township, and it sat somewhere along the road where section 5 and section 4 meet. There is no longer anything in that location to show evidence of that place.
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