South Ward School | |
Formerly listed on the
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Location | 500 S. Elm St. Cresco, Iowa |
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Coordinates | 43°22′03″N 92°07′02″W / 43.36750°N 92.11722°W |
Area | less than one acre |
Built | 1896 |
Architect | James Byrne |
Architectural style |
Late Victorian Romanesque |
NRHP reference No. | 82000408 [1] |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | November 10, 1982 |
Removed from NRHP | September 19, 2019 |
The South Ward School was a historic building located in Cresco, Iowa, United States. It served as a grade school from 1897 to 1978. Because of low enrollment it was not used from 1949 to 1953. [2] The 2½-story brick structure was built on a raised limestone basement, and it was capped with a hipped roof. It was significant as a good example of late Victorian-style school buildings with Romanesque influences. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1] The school building has subsequently been torn down and replaced with a modern apartment building. It was removed from the NRHP in September of the same year. [3]