August 10, 2008: Cornerstone of the Albion school, Marshall County.
I couldn’t tell you how many times I passed by the Albion school building on the way to/from Ames or Des Moines and beyond. It was such a fixture that I dawdled a bit on photographing it (but as you can see I got one day).
It was demolished earlier this month. (Story and photos: Marshalltown Times-Republican)
Albion was one of the towns that fought futile fights to keep their school open. But the Marshalltown School District’s vote in March 1981 “was merely the last event in a long process during which the problems of declining enrollments, budgetary constraints and the prospect of closing attendance centers were studied, discussed and debated … .”