McGee School
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| Location | Junction of 197th and 145th Aves. |
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| Nearest city | Manchester, Iowa |
| Coordinates | 42°30′08″N 91°31′07″W / 42.50222°N 91.51861°W |
| Area | Less than one acre |
| Built | 1868 |
| NRHP reference No. | 99001251[1] |
| Added to NRHP | October 14, 1999 |
McGee School, also known as Coffin's Grove Township, District #1, is a one-room schoolhouse located west of Manchester, Iowa, United States. Built in 1868 in a folk-vernacular style, it is a rare example of a brick one-room schoolhouse in Iowa, and the only on left in Delaware County.[2] Also rare is the tall Romanesque arched entryway, which led to a cloakroom on either side. The building is also significant as the only known school associated with Sarah Gillespie Huftalen, a rural school advocate and educator, who taught here from 1883 to 1884. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[1]
