The Janesville Public School faced west and was torn down in the early 1960s to make way for the new high school. The bell from the tower was saved and remounted for the new premises. Artifact donors, Glenn and Sharon Ewert owned and operated Ewert\'s Hardware Store in Janesville, Minnesota during the 1990s and through 2011. They were instrumental in the planning of the Janesville Sesquicentennial Celebration that took place June 11-18, 2006.
