Property Record
W6702 GARVERT LANE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FINCHES CORNER SCHOOL |
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| Reference Number: | 128080 |
| Location (Address): | W6702 GARVERT LANE |
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| County: | Jefferson |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Koshkonong |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 5 |
| Range: | 14 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 17 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1900 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | school-one to six room |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
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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: | School District No. 5 constructed a non-extant wood frame schoolhouse prior to 1856, at which time the need for an improved schoolhouse was felt. A one acre parcel of land was purchased on which a brick schoolhouse was constructed around 1858. The school takes its name from the “fighting Finches,” a family of outlaws who hid out nearby in the marshes around Lake Koshkonong in the early nineteenth century. The school closed during the mid-twentieth century and has since been converted into a private residence. Old one-room schoolhouse converted to residence. |
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| Bibliographic References: | One Room Schools of Jefferson County. Johnson Creek: Johnson Creek Historical Society, 2006. Page 106. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |