Pleasant Hill School - Wayne County, IA
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YoSam.
N 40° 37.458 W 093° 29.925
15T E 457817 N 4497171
Sitting is a small roadside park, this red schoolhouse is rapidly decaying.
Waymark Code: WMJA0D
Location: Iowa, United States
Date Posted: 10/17/2013
Views: 1
County of School: Wayne County
Location of School: US-65, roadside park, 3 miles N. of Lineville
The Pleasant Hill Rural School building was constructed in 1881.
For years, it maintained a “Tickle Grass” nickname and was panted white; in the 1940s, a red coat of paint was applied, and the one-room school building became known by locals as the “Little Red Schoolhouse.”
The school’s last year of operation was 1957.
The schoolhouse served as a roadside park in the 1960s, with the state of Iowa adding a 90-foot driveway across the ground. Picnic tables were provided by the Wayne County Conservation Board, while the Wayne County Historical Society was responsible for maintenance efforts.
The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The old hoop on the front of the structure indicated that basketball was played during recess at the old schoolhouse.