Impossible you say? Not really because I live a little over a block from the 1876 school that has become the site of the Johnson County Historical Society. http://www.jchsiowa.org/JCHSschoolhouse.html
This building has quite a history as it once housed not only school classes but a the second floor auditorium and gymnasium. When the need for classroom space became greater both floors were used as school rooms. Over the years it has done duty as a rec center, a warehouse and a teen center. In 1974 the county leased it for 50 years to be used as the historical center. It was placed on the National Register of Historical Places in 1976.
Today the school house features a typical 1876 school room on the first floor. Countless groups of school children have visited this 1876 school and taken part in what would have been a school day in the lives of the children of that time, right down to recess and rolling hoops. I had the pleasure of taking part in one of these school days a couple years ago.
Currently the second floor is being renovated into a classroom of the 1940s. This building is truly a sampling of our past. Yes, I heard the school bell this morning. That means a class has come to visit.
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