1981
Citation: 219.1251.1-2 (Full image size: 87Kb)
The finished restoration of Hoggatt School on the grounds of the Meeker Elementary. Hoggatt School was Ames's first schoolhouse, built in 1861. Its restoration was the first project of the newly formed Ames Heritage Association in 1981. This photo shows the rail fence installed around the school by volunteers who worked on the restoration project. Also shown is the woodshed that is used to store the wood for the stove inside the schoolhouse, used when classes of Ames school children are visiting the restoration. This view also shows the shutters which were installed as a security measure for when the school-museum is not open.
Citation: 219.1251.3 (Full image size: 137Kb)
Plaque on a rock next to Hoggat School on the grounds of Meeker Elementary School in Ames. The plaque reads: "HOGGATT SCHOOL; BUILT IN 1861; FIRST TO SERVE AMES AREA; MOVED TO THIS SITE & RESTORED 1981; BY AMES HERITAGE ASSOCIATION; IN MEMORY OF OUR PIONEERS; PLAQUE PROVIDED BY; AMES WOMAN'S CLUB"
Citation: 219.1251.4 (Full image size: 121Kb)
This sign was fastened on the chain link fence that surrounded the Hoggatt School one-room schoolhouse after it was moved from its location at 1008 Third Street to the grounds of Meeker Elementary School at 300 Twentieth Street. This was the first restoration project of the Ames Heritage Association [now, 2004, called the Ames Historical Society]. It was moved in 1981. The full story of the restoration project is told in Appendix E, "Locating Hoggatt School," in "Ames the Early Years in Word and Picture; from Marsh to Modern City," by Farwell T. Brown, 1993.
Citation: 221.1262.1-5 (Full image size: 101Kb)
On November 17, 1980, the Ames Heritage Association came into official existance. Pictured are the first officers of the group: (left to right) Rodney Fox, secretary; Terry Adams, vice-president; and Farwell Brown, president. The three were photographed as they sat in Brown's second-floor office in the building on the southwest corner of Main Street and Kellogg Avenue. They are discussing plans for the moving, restoration, and preservation of the Hoggatt School, the first schoolhouse in Ames and the Heritage Association's first project. This photo appeared on the first page of the Ames Tribune on January 14, 1981. (See also: 221.1263.1-3)
Citation: 52.257.2 (Full image size: 89Kb)
One-room school located in the one-time village of Bloomington located a mile and a half northeast of Ames. Photo taken in 1981 at time a delegation from the Ames Heritage Assn. (with permission of Olson family who own the farm where old school was situated) removed the wainscoting for use in the restoration of the Hoggatt School on the grounds of Meeker Elementary in Ames. Information about Bloomington School can be found in the Winter 1986-87 Ames Intelligencer (newsletter of the Ames Heritage Assn.). The school collapsed in November 1986 after standing empty for more than forty years. Gentleman in the photo is Rodney Fox, representative of the Heritage Assn., who made arrangements for removal of wainscoting.
Citation: 52.257.3 (Full image size: 91Kb)
One room school located in the one-time village of Bloomington located a mile and a half northeast of Ames. Photo taken in 1981 at time a delegation from the Ames Heritage Assn. (with permission of Olson family who own the farm where old school was situated) removed the wainscoting for use in the restoration of the Hoggatt School on the grounds of Meeker Elementary in Ames. Information about Bloomington School can be found in the Winter 1986-87 Ames Intelligencer (newsletter of the Ames Heritage Assn.). The school collapsed in November 1986 after standing empty for more than forty years. Gentleman in the photo is Rodney Fox, representative of the Heritage Assn., who made arrangements for removal of wainscoting.
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