718 West Phillip Street
Historic Name: | West Side School |
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Reference Number: | 09000124 |
Location (Address): | 718 West Phillip Street |
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County: | Oneida |
City/Village: | Rhinelander |
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West Side School 718 W Phillip St., Rhinelander, Oneida County Dates of construction: 1928, 1939, 1988 Architects: Smith, Reynolds & Brandt (1928); Law, Law & Potter (1939) The West Side School opened in 1924. At the time, it contained four classrooms on the main level, with a playroom and utilities on the lower level. In 1939, an addition to the north more than doubled the size of the school and provided each grade with a separate classroom. Because the two portions are nearly identical, the overall appearance is of a single unified design, loosely based on the Collegiate Gothic style. The current building replaced a small single room school and signaled the expansion of the city's public schools. It also reflected the growing preference for "graded" schools with buildings that had separate classrooms for different grades. The 1939 addition is notable for its dedicated kindergarten classroom, with a large bay window, a fireplace, and art tiles depicting fairy tales and nursery rhymes. The school closed in 2005. In 2007, The Commonwealth Companies used federal rehabilitation income tax credits to convert the former school to apartments. The apartments are private residences; please respect the rights and privacy of the residents.
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Period of Significance: | 1924-1958 |
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Area of Significance: | Architecture |
Area of Significance: | Education |
Applicable Criteria: | Architecture/Engineering |
Applicable Criteria: | Event |
Historic Use: | Education: School |
Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
Resource Type: | Building |
Architect: | Law, Law & Potter |
Architect: | Smith, Reynolds & Brandt |
Historic Status: | Listed in the National Register |
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Historic Status: | Listed in the State Register |
National Register Listing Date: | 03/05/2009 |
State Register Listing Date: | 10/17/2008 |
Number of Contributing Buildings: | 1 |
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Number of Contributing Sites: | 0 |
Number of Contributing Structures: | 0 |
Number of Contributing Objects: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Sites: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Structures: | 0 |
Number of Non-Contributing Objects: | 0 |
National Register and State Register of Historic Places, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |