Iowa One Room Schools: Marshall 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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Wednesday, July 1, 2015

Washington #6, Center School

This school was originally in Washington Township. It was moved to the center of the town of State Center, on the south side of Main Street, in 2002, and restored in 2003. East of county S52, on the old Lincoln Highway (marker in front of the school in first photo.)

Photographed on 6/29/15

Thursday, August 19, 2010

Taylor #4, Weatherbee School

This school was moved to Marshalltown, IA, where we were passing through yesterday on our way to Boone. It is just north of Main Street on 2nd Avenue. As you can see, the one side has no windows, and that is the side the desks faced the blackboard.

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

Marshalltown, IA

On our way to Newton from Marshalltown one day in September 2008, we found this school about 1.5 miles south of US30 on Iowa State Route 14, at the NW corner of 255th St. It is difficult to make out the words on the sign above the door, but it says, "Spring Valley School." It is Spring Valley Number 4.