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Solon, Iowa Solon is a city located in Johnson County, Iowa, United States. Part of the Iowa City, Iowa Metropolitan Statistical Area, it is located a few miles from Lake MacBride State Park and the larger cities of Coralville and Iowa City. The populati ...

is a public one-room schoolhouse believed to have been built in 1842, located about two miles north of Solon's town center along the west side of Iowa Highway 1, which was the Old Military Road linking

Dubuque Dubuque (, ) is a city in Dubuque County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. The population was 59,667 at the 2020 United States census. The city lies along the Mississippi River at the junction of Iowa, Illinois, and Wisconsin, a region ...

Iowa City Iowa City is the largest city in Johnson County, Iowa, United States, and its county seat. At the time of the 2020 census the population was 74,828, making it the state's fifth-most populous city. The Iowa City metropolitan area, which enc ...

. It was formerly known as the Big Grove Township School #1. It is one of the oldest surviving school buildings in Iowa. with It is a rectangular building built of limestone from the McCune quarry about two miles away. Its interior walls are plastered. It is currently a museum, open for tours by appointment only.

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School buildings completed in 1842 School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Iowa National Register of Historic Places in Johnson County, Iowa Schools in Johnson County, Iowa One-room schoolhouses in Iowa Defunct schools in Iowa {{JohnsonCountyIA-NRHP-stub