Friday, January 17, 2014

AN OLD BUILDING LIVES ON

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I CUT THIS PHOTO FROM THIS WEEK'S BELLEVUE HERALD-LEADER.    MAQUOKETA IS THE COUNTY SEAT OF JACKSON COUNTY, BUT WAY BACK,
IT WAS  ALSO AT BELLEVUE AND ANDREW.    THIS BUILDING WAS CONSTRUCTED IN 1848.     A PORTION WAS FOR THE COURTHOUSE AND ANOTHER PORTION FOR A SCHOOL.    IT IS STILL IN USE TODAY.    IT PROBABLY IS THE OLDEST SCHOOL BUILDING IN IOWA.    AS YOU DRIVE IN TO TOWN FROM MAQUOKETA, SLOW DOWN AND TAKE A LOOK.     166 YEARS OLD AND STILL IN  USE.    WHEN CONSTRUCTED, IT DID HAVE A CUPOLA AND IT WAS REMOVED AROUND 1950.    IT ANNUALLY NEEDS REPAIRS OF COURSE, BUT THERE  ARE NO PLANS TO DISCONTINUE USING IT.    DAVID NAMANNY,
THE NEW EDITOR OF THE PAPER, HAS A GOOD STORY WITH THE PHOTO.  HE HAS BEEN DOING LOTS OF INTERESTING STORIES SINCE HE ARRIVED. 
GOOD PAPER!

DENNIS VOY

1 comment:

  1. River man10:04 AM, January 17, 2014

    The Bellevue Herald-Leader is a good newspaper. Good to see the tradition of good old-fashioned small town journalism is still alive and well.

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