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the following year, and continued to serve as a community center. A full-size addition was completed on the back of the building in 1915. Two one-story additions were constructed later in the 20th century. A frame addition was built in 1964 on the southwest corner of the main block, and a frame
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Unused portions of the first floor and the whole second floor of the building was leased to the Big Creek Historical Society, which converted the space into a museum. Restoration took place from 2005 to 2009. The rest of the building continues to serve as city hall. It was listed on the
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was added onto the north elevation in 1984. In 1966 the outside staircase, which was the only way to access the second floor, was removed.
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structure. It served as a schoolhouse and community center from the time it was built until 1893. It became Polk City's
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Big Creek Schoolhouse is located in Iowa
Big Creek Schoolhouse is located in the United States
Polk City, Iowa
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Polk City, Iowa
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