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Mann School No. 2

Coordinates: 41°55′47.7″N 95°57′12″W / 41.929917°N 95.95333°W / 41.929917; -95.95333
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Mann School No. 2
Mann School No. 2 is located in Iowa
Mann School No. 2
Mann School No. 2 is located in the United States
Mann School No. 2
LocationOak Ave, 3.5 miles northwest of the entrance to Preparation Canyon State Park
Nearest cityMoorhead, Iowa
Coordinates41°55′47.7″N 95°57′12″W / 41.929917°N 95.95333°W / 41.929917; -95.95333
Built1884
NRHP reference No.00001655[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 16, 2001

Mann School No. 2, also known as Sioux Township #2, is a historic building located west of Moorhead, Iowa, United States. Built in 1884, the building is a simple rectangular frame structure with a gable roof. Originally three bays long, an addition in the 1920s that added a cloak room and internal stairway to the basement, extended it one more bay. Located in the Loess Hills, this school differed from one-room schoolhouses on the prairie, in that it was located near the center of a cluster of families rather than at the center of four sections.[2] Parents of the students who were educated here took responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of the building and grounds. The building remained in use as a school until 1945 when the teacher expectantly left. Enrollment had been low to begin with so the district sent the students to a neighboring rural school and then to Moorhead. The building continued as a polling place after the school was formally closed in 1945. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. ^ Robert Neymeyer. "Mann School No. 2". National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-31. with photos