McGee School

Jct. of 197th and 145th Aves., Manchester, Iowa. County/parish: Delaware.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 14, 1999. NRIS 99001251.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • District No. 1 School, Coffin's Grove Township

From Wikipedia:

McGee School

McGee School, also known as Coffin's Grove Township, District #1, is a one-room schoolhouse located west of Manchester, Iowa, United States. Built in 1868 in a folk-vernacular style, it is a rare example of a brick one-room schoolhouse in Iowa, and the only on left in Delaware County. Also rare is the tall Romanesque arched entryway, which led to a cloakroom on either side. The building is also significant as the only known school associated with Sarah Gillespie Huftalen, a rural school advocate and educator, who taught here from 1883 to 1884. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75338651

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