Mann School No. 2

Mann School No. 2
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	Oak Ave, 3.5 miles northwest of the entrance to Preparation Canyon State Park
Nearest city	Moorhead, Iowa
Coordinates	41°55′47.7″N 95°57′12″W / 41.929917°N 95.95333°WCoordinates: 41°55′47.7″N 95°57′12″W / 41.929917°N 95.95333°W
Built	1884
NRHP Reference #	00001655[1]
Added to NRHP	January 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. National Park Service (2009-03-13). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
2. Robert Neymeyer. "Mann School No. 2" (PDF). National Park Service. Retrieved 2016-08-31. with photos