Cedar County Historical Society
The Bed Bug
School building was built in 1910 to replace an older structure and it was
state-of-the-art! It had a furnace in the basement – no more potbellied stove
for the children to shiver around on cold winter days! It was located north of
Tipton in Red Oak Township, at the southeast corner of King Ave and 190th
St, and was known as Red Oak #2 at that time.
When the
Tipton School District consolidated, Bed Bug, along with many other country
school buildings, was moved into town and used as extra classrooms while the
new school was being built at 6th and Plum. After it was completed
in 1925, the old schoolhouses were used as storage at the school site. Bed Bug
was moved to the fairgrounds in the 1990s and moved to our Pioneer Village site
in December 2009. It made the move with no trouble; furniture – including
piano, school desks, blackboards, etc. – stayed inside. It’s now ship-shape and
ready for school kids to make day trips!
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