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HUMKE SCHOOL
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Humke School on the grounds of Ham House Museum
HUMKE SCHOOL. Vintage one-room rural school built in 1883 and now displayed at the HAM HOUSE.
Vacant in Center Township west of the city since school reorganization in 1960, the school was given to the DUBUQUE COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY by the DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT in 1969. In moving the 10-ton building, four feet of roof were removed to avoid an additional cost of $1,000 to lift utility wires out of the movers' path.