Locust School
Locust School | |
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| Location | North of Decorah |
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| Built | 1854 |
| NRHP reference No. | 78001270[1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 22, 1978 |
Locust School is a historic building located north of Decorah, Iowa, United States. Built in 1854, the one-room schoolhouse is composed of rubble ashlar limestone and capped with a gable roof. The lintels and window sills are also stone. A belfry with round-arch openings is located above the main entrance. The school was established just after the village of Locust was surveyed and settlement had begun. It remained in operation with all elementary grades until 1950, when it was reduced to specific grades. It was closed in 1960. The Winneshiek County Historical Society acquired the building and operates a museum in it. It was one of the first school buildings constructed in Winneshiek County.[2] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.[1]
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- School buildings completed in 1854
- Defunct schools in Iowa
- One-room schoolhouses in Iowa
- School museums
- Vernacular architecture in Iowa
- Museums in Winneshiek County, Iowa
- National Register of Historic Places in Winneshiek County, Iowa
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa
- Northeast Iowa Registered Historic Place stubs
- Iowa school stubs