See reverse side. This school was located on 1st avenue, S.E between 1st and 2st Sts. It faced south and was on the site of the present Bremer County Mutual office. The building was later used by the Woman's Relief Corps as their headquarters and by the VFW later still. An explosion in the heating system set off a fire that cost the life of a student who took care of the building. The building was completly destroyed (1950s?)
Additional information: This building was moved twice. It was the original 4th Ward (SE Waverly) school, built about 1868, and sat on the same corner as Lincoln school (3rd St. SE and 1st Ave SE). When Lincoln school was constructed in 1897, John Sager, a real estate agent, bought the building and moved it to his lots on E. Bremer Ave. across from the courthouse. In 1902, the Chicago Great Western railroad began buying property for their right of way, including Sager’s property. The railroad donated the building to the Women’s Relief Corp. who moved it to the lot (purchased in 1909) just west of the Post Office and remodeled it for use by their society. The building was sold to the VFW in 1944; they owned it until it was destroyed by a gas leak explosion and fire September 30, 1953.
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See reverse side. This school was located on 1st avenue, S.E between 1st and 2st Sts. It faced south and was on the site of the present Bremer County Mutual office. The building was later used by the Woman's Relief Corps as their headquarters and by the VFW later still. An explosion in the heating system set off a fire that cost the life of a student who took care of the building. The building was completly destroyed (1950s?)
Additional information: This building was moved twice. It was the original 4th Ward (SE Waverly) school, built about 1868, and sat on the same corner as Lincoln school (3rd St. SE and 1st Ave SE). When Lincoln school was constructed in 1897, John Sager, a real estate agent, bought the building and moved it to his lots on E. Bremer Ave. across from the courthouse. In 1902, the Chicago Great Western railroad began buying property for their right of way, including Sager’s property. The railroad donated the building to the Women’s Relief Corp. who moved it to the lot (purchased in 1909) just west of the Post Office and remodeled it for use by their society. The building was sold to the VFW in 1944; they owned it until it was destroyed by a gas leak explosion and fire September 30, 1953.
Additional photographs and resources can be found at the Waverly Public Library on the local and family history page http://www.waverlyia.com/public-library/research/local-and-family-history-collection.aspx Accession No91L0024