Glenn: We visited this schoolhouse today with permission. The farmhouse on the property will be undergoing upgrading beginning this week. I will blog about it tonight. The school is in the same condition as your 2015 photos indicate. Nice link in your article to a thumbnail photo of the school circa 1910.
I'm just now getting to my emails, etc after having been off the 'net since 7/30. Catching up and will look forward to your post.
August 7, 2016 at 5:26 PM
Closed circa 1950. Located at 8100 Spanish Rd. The original location was 1/4 mile south, and it was moved to the Edwin and Martha Buresh farm for use as a garage and shop. From Ely or Cedar Rapids one can find this school by using Wright Brothers Blvd, and about 1 mile west of Ely Rd turn north on Spanish Rd for about 1/2 mile. The school is on the west side of the road behind a house.
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Photographed on 10/26/14
Update 8/8/16: Dave Chase was able to get some excellent photographs after getting permission from the owners.
Update 2/3/18: This link has photos of this school in operation as well as more information:
posted by Glenn E. Chatfield at 4:39 PM on Oct 26, 2014
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Close this window Jump to comment formGlenn: We visited this schoolhouse today with permission. The farmhouse on the property will be undergoing upgrading beginning this week. I will blog about it tonight. The school is in the same condition as your 2015 photos indicate. Nice link in your article to a thumbnail photo of the school circa 1910.
July 31, 2016 at 3:47 PM
Hi Dave,
I'm just now getting to my emails, etc after having been off the 'net since 7/30. Catching up and will look forward to your post.
August 7, 2016 at 5:26 PM