McGee School

Coordinates: 42°30′08″N 91°31′07″W / 42.50222°N 91.51861°W / 42.50222; -91.51861
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McGee School
McGee School is located in Iowa
McGee School
McGee School is located in the United States
McGee School
LocationJunction of 197th and 145th Aves.
Nearest cityManchester, Iowa
Coordinates42°30′08″N 91°31′07″W / 42.50222°N 91.51861°W / 42.50222; -91.51861
AreaLess than one acre
Built1868
NRHP reference No.99001251[1]
Added to NRHPOctober 14, 1999

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.[2] 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.[1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ Gary M. Blomberg. "McGee School". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-29. with five photos from 1998