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LESANVILLE SCHOOL No. 1
Poe Township
The first classes at Lesanville were held in a log cabin. Later, during the winter of 1860-61, classes were held
in the home of David LESAN. In 1861, the first Lesanville School was built in 1861 with Mr. RANDLES as the
first teacher. A new
schoolhouse was built on the southeast corner in section [which is the current location of the schoolhouse at
Lesanville] in the mid-1880's. Mrs. Vera DAUGHTON was the teacher for the 1954-55 year at the Lesanville School. The
Lesanville School closed in 1958 and was moved from its original site in 1959 to South Taylor Street in
Mount Ayr where it is used as a home.
Lesanville Schoolhouse, photograph by Sharon R. Becker, August of 2009
Mount Ayr Record-News
Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
Thursday, August 24, 2006
The original one-room schoolhouse in Lesanville that was built by George W. Lesan, Levi Terwilliger and other neighbors in 1873 has been moved to the Ramsey Farm at Lesanville.
Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, October of 2016
SOURCES:
Mount Ayr Record-News, Mount Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa, February 10, 2007
AVITT, Mike. Pages and Pictures from the Past. . .Ringgold County, Iowa 1855-2005 p. 17. Paragon Publications, Inc. Mount Ayr. 2009.
Compilation by Sharon R. Becker, June of 2009; updated April of 2010; updated October of 2016
History of Lesanville
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