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Title: Allerton High School, Allerton, Iowa
Description: Looking at a three-story brick and stone building which was built in 1901. It replaced the old school which was destroyed by a fire in 1900. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14277

Title: Arlington public school house, Arlington, Iowa, Arlington public schoolhouse
Description: Two story brick building with bell tower.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:13925

Title: Aurelia High School building, Aurelia, Iowa
Description: Two story wooden high school building built in 1883 and torn down in 1922. 1911 postmark.
Date Created: 1911
PID: grinnell:14468

Title: Clearfield High School, Clearfield, Iowa
Description: The first Clearfield High School was built in 1898 of pressed brick containing 11 rooms at a cost of $20,000. The building was destroyed by fire on March 24, 1940, on Easter Sunday and a new building was completed in 1941. That building was closed in 1986. 1908 postmark.
Date Created: 1908
PID: grinnell:14038

Title: Clinton High School, Clinton, Iowa
Description: Three-story brick building built in 1922. Number 8164N. Series 8.
Date Created: 1933
PID: grinnell:13659

Title: Conrad High School, Conrad, Iowa
Description: Looking northwest at a three-story brick and stone building built in 1897 to originally accommodate the ninth and tenth grades. Two more classes were added in 1899. 1907 postmark.
Date Created: 1907
PID: grinnell:16987

Title: East Des Moines High School, Des Moines, Iowa, East High School
Description: Looking east at a four-story stone building built in 1911 and renovated in 2005. When the building first opened, the school board was unable to afford new furniture, because of the enormous cost of its construction. During the first spring of the building's existence, a number of students used whatever vehicles they could provide to haul the furniture from the old building to the new one. Located at 815 East 13th Street, Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa. 1915 postmark. Number 8913.
Date Created: 1915
PID: grinnell:16158

Title: Franklin School, Fairfield, Iowa
Description: Picture of Franklin School. This was the first school building built in Fairfield and opening ceremonies were on March 30, 1868. The school was burned in 1912. Number 391.
PID: grinnell:15980

Title: George Greene Square, showing high school, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Washington High School, Washington Park, Parsons' Grounds, Franklin Square, Old Square, Depot Park
Description: Looking east at the original Washington High School (on the right) built in 1891 on the corner of Fourth Avenue and Fifth Street SE. It was a three-story brick building with a white belfry, and it was the largest public school in Iowa at that time. The building was demolished in 1946. In the early 1900s, the square featured an electric fountain that showcased artistic water streams, lights and drinking fountains. George Greene was an attorney, judge, railroad owner, and one of the city's founders. Number 1844.
Date Created: 1927
PID: grinnell:13605

Title: Grade School, Bedford, Iowa
Description: This large brick and stone building was erected in 1877 at a cost of about $20,000.
Date Created: 1910
PID: grinnell:14208