Waubesa School
Waubesa School | |
Location | 5979 Sigglekow Rd., McFarland, Wisconsin[2] |
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Coordinates | 43°01′34″N 89°16′38″W / 43.02611°N 89.27722°W |
Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
Built | 1920 |
Built by | Louis A. Harrison |
Architectural style | American Craftsman |
NRHP reference No. | 97000806[1] |
Added to NRHP | July 17, 1997 |
The Waubesa School is a historic school building at 5979 Siggelkow Road in McFarland, Wisconsin. Built in 1920 by contractor Louis A. Harrison, the school is a relatively late example of a one-room schoolhouse. The one-story brick building has an American Craftsman design with a projecting entrance topped by a bell tower, large sash windows, and a gable roof with exposed rafters. Like most one-room schoolhouses built after 1910, the Waubesa School is much larger than its nineteenth-century counterparts, and it included amenities such as electric wiring, a furnace, and a small library; its plans also included indoor plumbing, but this was rejected by voters due to its cost. Many of these features were likely a response to Wisconsin's state graded school initiative; though one-room schools were ineligible to be state-graded, the school met many of the other certification requirements. The school operated until 1954, when the school board voted to consolidate with the McFarland School District; McFarland used the building as a kindergarten until 1961 and sold it to private owners the following year.[3]
The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1997.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "5979 Siggelkow Rd". Architecture and History Inventory. Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved April 13, 2023.
- ^ Miller, Elizabeth L. (October 1, 1996). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Waubesa School". National Archives Catalog. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved April 13, 2023.