Iowa One Room Schools: Pleasant Hill Independent School #3

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

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Pleasant Hill Independent School #3

In Franklin Township. Built in 1900. Located SE of Mt. Vernon at 837 Ivanhoe Rd (south side), to where it had been moved from about 1/2 mile east for use as a storage building. Deteriorating.

Looking SSE from Ivanhoe Rd.