Property Record
1017 Union Avenue
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | South Side Junior High School |
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| Other Name: | Farnsworth Middle School |
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| Reference Number: | 131361 |
| Location (Address): | 1017 Union Avenue |
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| County: | Sheboygan |
| City: | Sheboygan |
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| Year Built: | 1931 |
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| Additions: | 1997 1974 |
| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | elementary, middle, jr.high, or high |
| Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | J.R.C. Cullen and Sons Inc.; Bray Associates Architects, Inc.; Maxfield Construction Company |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Initially surveyed in 2004. When opened, South Side served the neighborhood as a combination elementary and junior high school. Ninth graders were added to the school in 1932 due to the exhausted capacity at nearby Sheboygan High School; they stayed at South Side until North High School was opened in 1938. Due to increased enrollment, conversion of the original cafeteria into classrooms was necessary by 1948. When the nearby Wilson Elementary was opened in 1959, elementary classes were shifted there; South Side was then turned over to grades seven through nine. In 1960 the school was renamed in honor of William S. Farnsworth. Additions and remodeling to the original 1931 building were completed in 1973-74, 1997, and 2005. |
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| Bibliographic References: | LJM Architects, Inc., 2002-2004 City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report. Lau, Donald, A History of the Sheboygan Public Schools (Sheboygan, WI: Sheboygan County Historical Research Center, Inc., 2009), pgs. 287, 292-293. Farnsworth School, History, Electronic document, http://www.sheboygan.k12.wi.us/farnsworth/about/history.html., accessed 2011. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |