Hunter School

Hunter School
Location Junction of U.S. Route 275 and 120th St.
Nearest city Tabor, Iowa
Coordinates 40°52′23″N 95°40′18″W / 40.87306°N 95.67154°W / 40.87306; -95.67154Coordinates: 40°52′23″N 95°40′18″W / 40.87306°N 95.67154°W / 40.87306; -95.67154
Area less than one acre
Built 1901
Architect G.W. Clark
NRHP reference # 06001220[1]
Added to NRHP January 09, 2007

Hunter School is a historic building near Tabor, Iowa, United States. The one-room schoolhouse was built in 1901. The school was named for John H. Hunter, a farmer and landowner on whose property the original school was built in 1901. Its use as a schoolhouse came to an end in 1920 when it was consolidated into the Tabor School District. The building was used as a township meeting and a polling place until 1990. Since then it has been maintained as a historical landmark. The former schoolhouse is a frame structure built on a brick foundation, and consists of a 24-by-26-foot (7.3 by 7.9 m) main block and an 8-foot (2.4 m) square bell tower-entrance. While the schoolhouse overall follows a basic plan for a one-room schoolhouse, it departs from that plan with the asymmetrically placed corner tower.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

References

  1. ↑ National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Patricia A. Eckhardt. "Hunter School" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-26.


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