June 10, 2024: The padding and backboards in the Goldfield gym date to before 2007, based on family video archives.
The Goldfield school will be torn down starting next month.
I got wind of this through an alumna of Goldfield High School, who saw on Facebook that someone saw the city council minutes about its demolition. The “notice to bidders” was in the Eagle Grove Eagle on April 18.
The school, built in 1956, closed as an elementary in 2008. Iowa Central Community College used some classroom space for a while but that duration is unknown.
While the demolition is to begin “no sooner than July 15,” what remains of what’s inside is to be emptied out Friday. If you have any interest in trophies from events in the north-central Iowa area from the 1960s and 1970s (and in some cases earlier!), the sale is from 12 to 4.
I wouldn’t be surprised if someone goes for the scoreboard at 12:01.