The first high school in town was designed by the Des Moines architectural firm of Proudfoot & Bird.

Irving School (1876), housed grades 1-8 and was condemned by the city council in 1924.

The Minneapolis architectural firm of Grahn & Rathurst was chosen the design the $180,000 building.

The interior of the brick, Late Gothic Revival structure has a U-shaped hallway with a gymnasium/auditorium in the middle and classrooms on the outer perimeter.

This article about a property in Warren County, Iowa on the National Register of Historic Places is a stub.