Unknown School

Unidentified School, south of Deep River. On state highway 21 about 1.5 miles south of County F52, NW corner of 510th Avenue, facing south. Is used as a home. Photographed 12/18/21.

Chester #9, Grinnell

Located on the NE corner of 350th Ave and 20th St.  From Grinnell, proceed north on SR146 to 350th Ave and turn west, then go one mile.

Photographed 11/12/16

Unknown School, SE of Brooklyn

We discovered this school while driving on Interstate 80, but during the summertime there is much foliage covering it from the highway.  We looked on a map to see how to find this school, and the best way is to use exit 197 off of I-80, and take the first road south of the highway, eastbound.  This road is 415th St/County Highway F39.  Continue to 200th St, were 415th ends, but F39 turns south.  There is a trace of 415th continuing eastbound, all overgrown and part of the farm.  The school has been moved from an unknown location and sits on the trace of 415th a couple hundred feet east of 200th St.  It is being used as a machine shed, with a garage door opening at the original front, which now faces south.

Photographed 12/17/11

These last two photos were photographed on 11/3/12 from the north side of I-80.  They show the back side of the building and the addition on its east side.

Grinnell, Iowa, Malcom #6

This school is at the Poweshiek County Fairgrounds in their Heritage Park.  It is on East Street on the SE side of town.  It is Malcom #6, used from 1879 to 1965.  It was moved to Heritage Park on August 15, 1987.  It was originally located on the northwest corner of Old Hwy. 6 and Hwy. 63 in Poweshiek County.

 

Photographed 4/17/10

Grinnell #9

Driving home from Des Moines on Interstate 80 on a spring day in May 2006, we spotted this school about a mile north of the highway when we were just west of the Grinnell exit.  So we headed up the road into Grinnell and discovered this school to be about one mile west of the Grinnell airport.  Although it is now used as a house, the old swing set was still there.

4/17/10 update:  We shot these photos today for some better color and contrast.  The exact location is on 410th Avenue at the SE corner of 20th St, 1 mile west of Iowa SR146.  The swingset is no longer there and the side yard is full of cars and other junk so we didn't shoot the west side as before.

UPDATE 11/14/16:  This school closed in the early 1950s.