Clay County Township #5
Clay County Township #5
Basic Info
Official School Name
Clay County Township #5
Parochial School Name
Center School
County
When Built
1886-1887
When Closed
1939
Construction Materials
Walnut Door
Slab 'n' Stick Seats
Box Stove
Wood
Consolidated Into
Current Use
Unknown
Important notes on School
Although, there is no record of what happened to the schoolhouse. It is speculated that the building disappeared sometime around the 1950s. There have been many Center schools throughout Iowa, as this is what schoolhouses that reside in the center of each district are called.
School Details
Originally a boxcar schoolhouse, was later remodeled into a square school. Once the schoolhouse closed, there was no record of what had happened to the building.