Buildings of former glory slip by
the wayside every day. They are often remodeled, re-purposed or demolished and
before long, the majority of people forget what the building’s original
function was or that it was even there. It could have been a school, a church,
a post office, a town hall or a bank building. Couples such as Barb and Dave
Else of Cedar Falls have made an effort to recognize schools across Iowa with
their book, For All the Small School: A
photographic pursuit of Iowa’s forgotten schools. Anyone who can help Barb
and Dave Else identify the nine unidentified schools in their book can contact
them at daveelse@cfu.net. Their book is
available at Amazon.com, BarnesandNoble.com and thewriteplace.com.
Time
changes everything, yet we can’t forget who we are and where we came from. The
former structures of our hometowns molded our lives and the lives of those who
have taken the initiative to document or preserve the past; we can’t thank
those people enough. We commend you, keep up the great work!
“Couple’s book is strictly ‘old school’,” Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier, 12 June
2014.
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