Algona’s 1930 school building will open later this year as an apartment complex, and Iowa Public Radio has a story and photo gallery about it. The gym and auditorium will be preserved and open to the public. This is pretty cool; I’m thrilled to see a building of this era preserved.
The building, which was used as a middle school at the end of its life, was cleared of students and school property in January 2011. It was sold to the developer for $1 in summer 2012, so this has been in the works for four years.
The same success, however, is not in the cards for Burlington’s 1910 high school building.