Iowa One Room Schools: Cedar County

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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Monday, April 12, 2010

West Branch, IA

This school is at the Herbert Hoover National Historic Site in West Branch, IA. Our photos were taken on 9/1/08. You can read about this school in the last photo, which is a shot of the plaque in front of the school.