Buck Creek School

In Dayton Township. About 1/3 mile south of 200th St on County highway V56/Viking Ave, SSW of Sumner, west side of the road, across from St. John’s Lutheran Church. Windows bricked over.

Photographed 6/15/19.

St. John's Lutheran School

Exiting US63 at Denver, IA, we had to stop at a farmers' market to ask where the village of Maxfield was because it isn't on the map.  Maxfield Township is shown, but no village.  We were directed north out of town on old US63 (business route) to 250th Street, and then went 1.7 miles east where we came to this school.

Built in 1881. Used as a school and church until the church was constructed.  School was restored in the early 1970s, rededicatd in 1976.  Now maintained as a museum and repository for the Church history.

An interesting thing about this site was the sidewalk and old street lamps that started just west of the school and continued east to the front of a church.  The church building was obiously new; a stone on it said 1856 to 1964, and the assumption we made was that this new building was probably built in 1964 next to the old one, and then the old one was torn down.  There is a cemetery behind the church.  Between the church and the school is a house which is no more than 100 years old, so it was probably built as a pastorate, and perhaps there was an older one there that it replaced.  But these buildings seem to be all that's left of the village.

Photographed 6/24/16

Tripoli, IA

Coming back from the North Shore of Lake Superior, we decided to detour off US63 for two other schools which were on the list I found on the 'net.

Heading south towards Waterloo, we left US63 at State route 93, eastbound to Tripoli.  This school is Warren #9, located in North Park. Right next to it is a really nice and new veterans memorial.  The school has been preserved very nicely and appears to be used for tours.

Photographed 6/24/10