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Solon, Iowa Solon is a city located in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. Part of the Iowa City, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area, it is located a few miles from Lake MacBride State Park and the larger cities of Coralville and Iowa City. The population ...

is a public one-room schoolhouse believed to have been built in 1842, located about two miles north of Solon's town center along the west side of

Iowa Highway 1 Iowa Highway 1 (Iowa 1) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Iowa that extends from Keosauqua to Anamosa. It travels nearly , mainly through rich farmland and small communities. Iowa 1 provides an important link to Iowa City an ...

, which was the Old Military Road linking

Dubuque Dubuque (, ) is the county seat of Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, located along the Mississippi River. At the time of the 2020 census, the population of Dubuque was 59,667. The city lies at the junction of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, a r ...

Iowa City Iowa City, offically the City of Iowa City is a city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. It is the home of the University of Iowa and county seat of Johnson County, at the center of the Iowa City Metropolitan Statistical Area. At the time ...

. It was formerly known as the Big Grove Township School #1. It is one of the oldest surviving school buildings in Iowa. with It is a rectangular building built of limestone from the McCune quarry about two miles away. Its interior walls are plastered. It is currently a museum, open for tours by appointment only.

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School buildings completed in 1842 School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Iowa Schools in Johnson County, Iowa One-room schoolhouses in Iowa Defunct schools in Iowa {{JohnsonCountyIA-NRHP-stub