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excelled in sports winning many state championships. In the late 1920s the school was one of the stops for the Harlem Globe Trotters and on that night the home team won. In 1939 the city of Irwin was one of six communities for a special government study of the effects of the depression and of the New Deal Program. In 1942 a photo essay followed up this study with many photos of the school being preserved in the National Archives.
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The school's first years staff was: Supt. S. A. Guiles, Miss Keller, Miss Kimberly, Mary Steenhusen Welsch, Mary Farrington Torpy, Myrtle Peterson Miller, Miss Wyatt, Mrs. S. A. Guiles, Alice Fogarty, Miss Brockman and Miss Zella Cozad. The Irwin High School was renowned academically and also
364:. The building is of brick construction with many sandstone and art deco features. It is quite ornate in comparison to other school buildings built in the area and of that time period. The school to this date still has much of the original oak woodwork, doors and cabinetry. 834: 929: 865: 849: 1266: 839: 1101: 924: 870: 1271: 1198: 1168: 511: 891: 793: 824: 758: 723: 798: 703: 663: 488: 763: 753: 748: 728: 149: 1133: 844: 678: 593: 713: 708: 583: 803: 768: 673: 648: 788: 738: 718: 693: 683: 668: 658: 643: 623: 598: 588: 578: 1256: 808: 783: 688: 628: 608: 603: 573: 563: 743: 698: 638: 613: 568: 875: 773: 653: 618: 992: 829: 778: 733: 633: 1281: 541: 526: 1232: 481: 557: 230: 291: 1154: 1075: 959: 474: 1070: 188: 1251: 1172: 949: 86: 461: 380: 39: 58: 985: 521: 65: 1261: 1225: 163: 1276: 1001: 978: 497: 405: 357: 136: 72: 371:
The last classes were held in 2002. In 2005, the building was sold and converted to the C. G. Brisee Genealogy Library.
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It was built to replace a wooden structure and a number of country schools and to be able to add courses to the
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was opened for classes in the fall of 1918. The cornerstone dates the building as being built in 1917 by
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Irwin Consolidated School is located in Iowa
Irwin Consolidated School is located in the United States
Irwin, Iowa
41°47′41″N 95°12′22″W / 41.7948°N 95.2062°W / 41.7948; -95.2062
William F. Gernandt
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