Property Record
STATE HIGHWAY 136
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Oak Grove School |
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| Other Name: | |
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| Reference Number: | 108150 |
| Location (Address): | STATE HIGHWAY 136 |
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| County: | Sauk |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Excelsior |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 12 |
| Range: | 5 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 35 |
| Quarter Section: | SE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | NW |
| Year Built: | 1894 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1998 |
| Historic Use: | one to six room school |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
| Structural System: | |
| Wall Material: | Board |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The former District 4 school was built in 1894 at a cost of $500 on an outcropping located on William Shale's Riverside Farm. In 1939 substantial improvements were made, including a new basement, alterations, and the installation of a furnace. The 1937 land inventory indicates that the building had stove heat. This school served students through the eighth grade. After that, students took a county test to proceed to high school. The school was closed in 1951 and the students were sent to North Freedom. The building is now used as a residence. Alterations to the building include cut-down windows and the addition of a window over the front door. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Good Old Golden Rule Days (Baraboo: Sauk County Historical Society, 1994), 91. School E-files. SHSW, Archives. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |