Hunter School Explained

Hunter School
Location:Junction of U.S. Route 275 and 120th St.
Coordinates:40.8731°N -95.6715°W
Built:1901
Architect:G.W. Clark
Added:January 9, 2007
Area:less than one acre
Refnum:06001220

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 24by main block and an 8feet 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.[1] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hunter School. 2016-01-26. National Park Service. Patricia A. Eckhardt.