The first floor walls are 18 inches thick and the foundation is four feet below the surface. The limestone came from Maynes Creek, which flows within three miles of the school building. This rock is a soft, fine-grained, dark yellowish orange, ideal for shaping into dimension blocks. The lintels above the windows are formed from a different kind of rock. In stone walled buildings, the lintel formed a structural support above an opening and thus had to be a very strong, durable stone. It was common to import such block of marble for this purpose. The lintels of Maysville are formed from a rock foreign to the area, and appear to be a gray, weathered to white marble.

Maysville School is the second oldest structure still standing in Franklin County. From 1856 -1890 Maysville was a thriving community of about 150 persons. One rod north of Maysville School stood E. L. Clock's general store in which the first post office in Franklin County was established on July 24, 1856 and continued to serve the community until 1890. There was a hotel, two blacksmith shops, two stores and a steam saw mill. The Good Templers Lodge met on the second floor of Maysville School. The town was destined to fail when the railroad was built five miles north, the present site of Hampton.

In the 1920's and 1930's, the first Friday of very month was “Maysville Night”. Families gathered there to sing, hear speakers and enjoy every type of program you can imagine.

The men and boys always sat on the south side of the room and the women and girls on the north side. There is a colorful, unique and unusual curtain that was hung in the 1930's, in the upper level with advertisements sponsored by Hampton businesses. Only three of those businesses still remain: Hampton State Bank, Co-op Elevator and Farm Service. In the 1930's the Extension from the State College at Ames, and Farm Bureau conducted informational and educational meetings.

Maysville School served as the community center for many years. Until 2001, it was the official voting place for residents of Reeve Township. The bottom floor of the building was actually a school, first through eighth grade until about 1954. The upper level was used by the Methodists to hold church services. After the church services were discontinued, lectures, concerts and dramatic productions were held there.

Trustees of Maysville School were notified in July of 1981 that Maysville School had been accepted and listed on the National Register of Historical Places.

For a history of the town of Maysville, please follow this link: http://www.maysvilleiowa.com