Hunter School

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 24-by-26-foot (7.3 by 7.9 m) main block and an 8-foot (2.4 m) 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.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.

For the performing arts specialty school in New Castle, Australia, see Hunter School of the Performing Arts.
Hunter School
LocationJunction of U.S. Route 275 and 120th St.
Nearest cityTabor, Iowa
Coordinates40°52′23″N 95°40′18″W
Arealess than one acre
Built1901
ArchitectG.W. Clark
NRHP reference No.06001220[1]
Added to NRHPJanuary 9, 2007

References
  1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. March 13, 2009.
  2. Patricia A. Eckhardt. "Hunter School" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-01-26.


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