Walnut Grove School (Osage, Iowa)

	Walnut Grove School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	3272 Foothill Ave.
Nearest city	Osage, Iowa
Coordinates	43°14′16″N 92°55′10″W / 43.23778°N 92.91944°W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1873
NRHP reference No.	02001028
Added to NRHP	September 12, 2002

Walnut Grove School is a historic one-room schoolhouse located southwest of Osage in rural Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. It was in operation from 1857 to 1946, and it educated anywhere from five to thirty-three student at a time.^[2] The frame structure built on a limestone foundation was constructed in 1873 on the same site as the building it replaced. A bell tower with a cast iron bell is located on the gable roof above the main entrance. Its property is on the edge of a timber along Rock Creek. In 1911 there were 88 one-room school houses in Mitchell County. This is the only one that is unaltered and in its original location.^[2] The area was settled by Norwegian pioneers in 1853. They named their small town Meroa, which has been reduced to his old schoolhouse, a Lutheran church, a cemetery, and a few houses. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Jaceil Gisleson. "Walnut Grove School". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-17. with eight photos from 2002

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.

[Gisleson-2] Jaceil Gisleson. "Walnut Grove School". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-05-17. with eight photos from 2002

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