Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2013.
“The historic Abbe Creek School is a one-room schoolhouse museum located one mile west of Mt. It is believed to be the oldest standing one room brick schoolhouse in Iowa.”
Wikipedia article Abbe Creek School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 121 National Register listings published here for Linn County · listed in 2013 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Sumner School between 2010 and 2014, burning about 32 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 13 April 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1750 YEISLEY RD., LINN TWP, IOWA |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Sumner School: 8 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Zinc, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivanhoe Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Martin Marietta Quarry | Zinc, Iron | Past Producer | Pyrite, Sphalerite | |
| Cedar Rapids Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Decious Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Hartl Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lisbon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Thompson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Cornell College-Mount Vernon Historic District | 1.8 miles | 1980 |
 | King Memorial Chapel | 1.8 miles | 1976 |
 | Ash Park Historic District | 1.8 miles | 1993 |
 | Wesley West House | 2.0 miles | 1985 |
| Albright, Henry D. and Juliana (Wortz), House | 2.1 miles | 2020 | |
 | Smith, James J. and Anna J. (Linean), House #1 | 2.1 miles | 2020 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 13000242 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Linn County | All 121 listed properties in this county. |
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