ONE-ROOM SCHOOLS IN IOWA
Northwest Iowa |
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| Cherokee | Stiles Schoolhouse Museum located at southwest corner of Silver Township, southeast of Quimby |
| Clay | Rock Forest School, located in Heritage Area on Iowa 10 in Peterson |
| Dickinson | Westport Rural Schoolhouse, Kenu Park, 2251 170th St., Okoboji, IA 51355 |
| Emmett | Bolstead School, located on the county fairgrounds in Estherville |
| Franklin | Wisner
Township School, located at Loomis Memorial Park, 4 miles north
and 2 miles east of Alexander
Maysville School, two-story limestone building on National Historical Register, used a school and church, now polling place, 6 miles south of Hampton on US 65 and 1/2 mile east on 110th St, 515-456-2959 Fairview School in Franklin County Fairgrounds, Hampton |
| Ida | Grant Center School #5 in Moorehead Pioneer Park, Ida Grove, on US 59 and Iowa 175 |
| Lyon | One-Room School, located in Lake Pahoja County Park, off US 18 near Inwood |
| O'Brien | Center Township #3 School in Heritage Park of Primghar |
| Osceola | One-Room School, located in Osceola County Fairgrounds, Sibley, off Iowa 60 |
| Palo Alto | Carter School, located in West Bend on Iowa 15 |
| Plymouth | Steele School, now part of Plymouth County Historical Complex on US 75 south |
| Sioux | Orange
City School located in the center of town, off Iowa 10 Hawarden, Shoemaker School, Logan Township # 2, located in Calliope Village Kemper School, 301 Ash Street, Ireton, Iowa 51027 Sioux Center, Capel #5 located in Heritage Village |
North Central Iowa |
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| Cerro Gordo | School moved to Kinney Pioneer Museum on US 18 near Mason City Owens Grove #3 at North iowa Fairground on US 18 west of Mason City |
| Hamilton | Harmony Center School in the Wilson-Brewer Park, Webster City, just off Main Street |
| Hancock | Erin (township) #5, on Iowa 111, 4 miles south of Britt |
| Howard | Saratoga #4 or Buresh School, used by students from Ricefield and Cresco, privately owned by the Buresh farms, Riceville New Oregon #8, home school, Dr. Norman Borlaug on his home farm 12 miles south and west of Cresco on 200th St School on Howard County Fairgrounds |
| Humboldt | Willow School, located on the Old Mill Farm on the east side of the Des Moines River near Dakota City, off Iowa 3 |
| Mitchell | Union District #1, Mitchell County Fairgrounds, Chestnut St, Osage, US 218 and Iowa 9, 515-732-1269 Cedar #7, built in 1857, 3272 Foothill Ave, village of Morea Burr Oak #3, school no more, attended by Hamlin Garland, included in A Daughter of the Middle Border |
| Webster | Border Plains School, located at the Fort Museum, Highways 20 and 169 on the southwest edge of Fort Dodge |
| Worth | Swensrud School, built in 1974, moved to Central Part, south of Northwood, at US 63 and 105th St, just south of the Worth County Museum |
| Wright | Lake Township #6 in the downtown city park in Clarion, on Iowa 3 |
Northeast Iowa |
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| Allamakee | Liston #4, c/o George Ashbacher, 416 Hwy 76, Harpers Ferry, IA 52146, 319-586-2721 Hanson School, south edge of Waukon, next to Sweeney House of Clocks Museum Little Red Schoolhouse, Allamakee County Fairgrounds, Waukon, on Iowa 9 and 78, built in 1874 Lyeurgus School, one of the few two-story stone schoolhouses left in Iowa |
| Black Hawk | Marshall Center School, Pocahontas County, part of UNI Museum, near University of Northern Iowa Schindler Education Center, on 23rd St., Cedar Falls, off Iowa 58 Bennington Township #4, north and east of Waterloo; on National Register of Historic Places 'R' Little Red Schoolhouse, Bennington Township #5 in Cedar Falls on 1st and Washington Streets on Iowa 57 Bennington Township #6, Cattle Congress Grounds, off US 218 and University Avenue to Greenhill Drive, and then to Rainbow Drive |
| Bremer | Warren #9, located in North Park in Tripoli St. John's Lutheran School, Village of Maxfield, north and east of Denver, 319-984-5767 |
| Butler | Pittsford #3, moved to courthouse grounds in Allison in 1957. 1888; since 1916 painted yellow, 319-267-2255 |
| Chickasaw | Chickasaw District #1 Country School in Fredricksburg Jacksonville #12 in Adolph Munson Park, 3 1/2 miles north of New Hampton on US 63, then 4 1/2 miles east at 170th St and Quinlan Ave Two schools relocated to Bradford Village Museum near Little Brown Church, IA 346 north of Nashua; Bradford #6 School for Students, Greenwood School Antiques |
| Clayton | Clayton Two-Story Limestone School on National Historical Register, village of Clayton on Mississippi River, east of US 52 Giard #5, at Old Froelich Restoration, 1 mile west of junction of US 52 and US 18 Pioneer Village School in Clayton County Conservation Center at Osbourne, 6 miles south of Elkader on IA 13 Froelich School Museum from 1866, corner of US 18 and US 52 Musfeld #1 in Plagmens Barn Museum 2 miles east of Garber |
| Delaware | McGee School, brick, 1868 to 1952; one of the schools when Sara Gillespie Haftalen taught; listed on National Register of Historic Places Arbor Vitae Summit School Pleasant Hill Red Schoolhouse on Honey Creek Road (D13), 5 miles north of Manchester Milo #7, part of nine-building historical complex in Hopkinton near IA 38 |
| Dubuque | Humke School, located on the grounds of the Ham House Museum, 2241 Lincoln Ave. Dubuque Oak Grove School on 2nd Ave, one block south of US 20 in Cascade Olberding School on Digman Road, 11 miles SE of Dubuque |
| Fayette | Union #5, Pleasant Ridge School, on the Fayette County Fairgrounds, South Vine St, West Union Dover #6, 7281 Great River Road, near Clermont Center #6 in Waucoma, 319-776-6441 School just west of the Methodist Church in Arlington on Iowa 187 |
| Floyd | Cedar #2, used as school for Mennonites, 7 miles north of Charles City near 110th St and Shadow Rd Ulster #3, 7 miles west of Charles City on IA 14, near T38, open with annual Steam Engine Grain Harvesting |
| Grundy | Colfax #9, Herbert Quick Schoolhouse, located in Orion Park on G Avenue Green in Grundy Center on Iowa 175 Colfax #3, Grundy County Historical School, off Iowa 175, in Morrison |
| Jackson | Bridgeport School, located 1 1/2 miles northeast of Maquoketa on Iowa 62 Canton School, stone school built in 1877; on National Register of Historic Places, south edge of Canton Millrock School, on National Register of Historic Places, south of Baldwin on 59th Ave Elk River #3, restored and moved to Great River Threshers grounds in Miles |
| Winneshiek | Locust School, on National Register of Historic Places, built 1854, used to 1960, 10 miles north of Decorah on W 38 and A 26 near the Saint John's Lutheran Church Highlandville School, 20 miles northeast of Decorah on A24, built in 1911, two classrooms Frankville School, 1872 to 1962, on National Register of Historic Places, 2-story stone building Bousha School, built in 1853 for Bohemian settlers; moved as visitor's center for Bily Clock Museum in Spillville Rovang Parochial School, about 1879, log schoolhouse next to Vesterheim Museum in Decorah |
Central Iowa |
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| Greene | Minnehan School, located on Greene County Fairgrounds in Jefferson |
| Guthrie | Cass #7 at the Guthrie Co. Historical Village in Panora, Iowa |
| Hardin | Goose Creek School, at the Hardin County Farm Museum, north edge of Eldora |
| Madison | North River Stone Schoolhouse in Winterset Tusha Country School and Log School, both located at the Madison County Historical Complex in Winterset |
| Marion | Pleasant Ridge Schoolhouse, located in Marion County Park on the west edge of Knoxville |
| Marshall | Taylor #4, Weatherbee School Museum, 50 North End Ave, Marshalltown, 515-752-6664 |
| Polk | Sheldall School replica, at Living History Farms, Urbandale, on US 6 off Interstate 35 Old North Lincoln School, Heritage Village, Iowa State Fairgrounds |
| Poweshiek | 4-H Club Historic Site on County road in Southeast Grinnell Malcom #6, used from 1879 to 1965, part of Heritage Park Museum on County Fairgrounds in IA146 south of Grinnell |
| Story | Hally School, at 4-H grounds in Nevada Sherman Township #5, on E29, 1 mile west of US 65 |
| Warren | Mount Hope Schoolhouse, on fairgrounds, west edge of Indianola |
Southwest Iowa |
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| Adair | Old Grand River #3 is located on county fairgrounds in Greenfield Harrison #8, Greenfield Historical complex on west edge of town on Iowa 92 Summerset #3 on land of Dean and Jean Cooper, two miles north of Fontennelle on County Rd. N 72 |
| Adams | Former Icarian School is located on 6th St., west edge of Corning |
| Audubon | One Room Schoolhouse, museum and windmills in Northern Hamlin Park, edge of Audubon, Iowa 71 |
| Benton | Benton #7 on Upper Ston, listed on National Register of Historical Places, now used as home; 5 1/2 miles north of Shellsburg on W26 and one mile west on 58 St Dr |
| Carroll | Red Schoolhouse in Carroll City Park |
| Cass | Schoolhouse Museum located in Sunnyside Park at Atlantic |
| Crawford | Little Red Schoolhouse, adjacent to US 59, 4 1/2 miles south of Dennison |
| Fremont | Sunnyside School, located in Fremont County Historical Museum, Sidney, Restored in 1969 by Fremont County Farm Bureau Women |
| Harrison | West Boyer Valley High School, located in Historical Village on US 30 between Logan and Missouri Valley |
| Mills | West Liberty #2. Mills County Museum, Glenwood Lake Park, Glennwood, off U.S. 34 Indian Creek historical Museum, between Emerson and Hastings, IA, 1/4 mile south of Hwy 34 |
| Montgomery | Montgomery County Historical Society One-Room School, Red Oak, off U.S. 34 One-room schoolhouse on Main Street in Stanton |
| Page | Goldenrod School, located on the Page County Fairgrounds, Clarinda |
| Ringgold | Hazel Glenn Rural School, part of the Ringgold County Pioneer Center, Ellston, on P 64 Q |
| Taylor | One-Room School in Taylor County Historical Museum, west side of Bedford, on Iowa 2 |
| Union | Lincoln #5, part of the Union County Historical Society's complex in McKinley Park in Creston |
South Central Iowa |
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| Boone | Hickory Grove School, located in the Don Williams Recreation Area 8 miles north of Ogden on county road P70 |
| Clarke | Pleasant Ridge, Knox Township School, Clarke County Historical Grounds, Osceola, on US 69 |
| Lucas | Puckerbrush School, located on Lucas County Historical Society grounds in Chariton, 17th and Braden, one block north of US 34 |
| Wayne | Little Red Schoolhouse, 1 mile north of Lineville on US 65 |
Southeast Iowa |
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| Cedar | 1st West Branch School at Herbert Hoover National Historic Site, West Branch, 319-643-2541 Red Oak #1, also known as Bedbug School, moved to Cedar County Fairgrounds, Tipton, in 1989 |
| Clinton | Flannery relocated to Soaring Eagles Nature Center on edge of Eagle Point Park northwest of Clinton |
| Davis | Old Center School, one block east of square at Bloomfield |
| Des Moines | Zion School, located 7 1/2 miles southwest of Mediapolis off Iowa 61 |
| Henry | West Pleasant Lawn School, Colfax School and Oakridge School all are on the Old Settlers and Threshers grounds at Mt. Pleasant and part of 33 structures maintained by the Midwest Thresher's Association |
| Iowa | Gritter School, brick school used 1874-1956, 3 miles west of North English and 1/2 mile off the Millersburg North English road (county F 67) Oak Grove School in Sumner Township, maintained as tribute to a former teacher, Mary Voghtman |
| Jasper | Rock Creek #7 relocated to Kellogg Historical Museum in Kellogg, 2 miles north of I80, exit 173 |
| Jefferson | Peach Blossom School(Cedar #6) located in Round Prairie Park, County Conservation Board Park, southeast of Fairfield |
| Johnson | Coralville School, 2-story brick, 1876-1950, now called Heritage Museum of Johnson County, one mile south and 3 blocks west of I80 on Exit 242 Stone Academy, 1842-1953, on National Register of Historic Places, 2 miles north of Solon, Iowa #1 and Iowa 382 |
| Jones | Antioch School, attended by Grant Wood, on National Register of Historic Places, located in Grant Wood Memorial Park, 4 miles south of Anamosa on US 64 Old Sutton School in Jones County Historical Site, near Jones county Home, 2 miles east of Amber on E23 Castle Grove #9, Hardscrabble School, since 1870s with more Indian than White students, 7 miles west of Monticello on D62 and 1 1/2 miles north M225 Ave |
| Keokuk | White Oak #5, located in Belva-Dear Park, 5 miles northeast of Sigourney Lancaster #1, two-story wood frame, used 1883-1968, 3 miles south of Sigourney on Iowa 149, 1 mile east on VSG |
| Lee | Galland School, located 3 miles south of Montrose near the original site along the Mississippi (a replica) Hickory Grove School, on US 61 & US 218, north of Keokuk |
| Linn | Abbe Creek School, located on E-4, 2 miles northwest of Mount Vernon in Abbe Creek School Museum Area Cherry Valley School, Pleasant Prairie #6 (interpreted as Grange Hall) and the old College Township Hall, oricinally built in the 1870s as the old "Center School" at Ushers Ferry in Seminole Valley Park, north of Cedar Rapids, 42nd St exit off I380, west on Edgewater Rd to Seminole Valley Rd, 319-286-5763, www.ufhv.com |
| Mahaska | Prine School, located in Nelson Homestead Pioneer Farm and Craft Museum, 3 miles northeast of Oskaloosa, off US 63 |
| Muscatine | Melpin #5 in Wildcat Den State Park, south of US 61 on Y26 |
| Scott | Long Grove, Butler #2, part of Walnut Grove Pioneer Village; Scott County Park, 9 miles north of Davenport off US 61, 319-285-9903 Davenport District #9 now on Mississippi Valley Fairgrounds, 319-226-5338 Butler #3, replica of school destroyed by fire in 1975; Prt of William F. (Buffalo Bill) Cod's boyhood home; I80 exit 301, left on Middle Rd, under I80 to Z30, left on Z30 for 7 miles to Bluff Rd, left for 1 1/2 miles, Corny bluff and 230 Ave, 319-225-2981 Old Pleasant School, from LeClair, north on IA 67, west on territorial Rd (F51), 319-289-4413 Stone School on National Register of Historic Places, 1 mile west of LeClair, built in 1866 |
| Washington | "Straw College", in historical village at Kalona, Iowa #1 and Iowa 22 Walnut School near Kalona just off Iowa #1, not open as a museum, but is well worth a stop. Picture 2 |
Marshall Center School Contact:
Doris Mitchell, Secretary
319-273-2188 or doris.mitchell@uni.edu
Links of interest 
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