This is one of Iowa's earliest one-room schoolhouses. It is classical (almost Greek Revival) in its composition of limestone walls covered by a simple gable roof.
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Locust School
1854. Take route W38 north of Decorah for about 10 miles to route A26; the school is located at the northeast corner of the junction
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