Viola school finally meets the wrecking ball


June 18, 2015: The school in Viola closed in 1998. Open image in new tab for larger version.

After 20 years of a slow then accelerated decay, the school in the unincorporated Linn County town of Viola is coming down. Demolition began Aug. 16, the Anamosa Journal-Eureka reports. The property’s owners gave lots of consideration to restoration, but by the time they got a hold of it the 1922 building and later addition were too far gone.

“Do not annoy the squirrels” didn’t make the cut.

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