Property Record
F1894 ELDERBERRY RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Smith School |
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| Other Name: | |
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| Reference Number: | 220462 |
| Location (Address): | F1894 ELDERBERRY RD |
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| County: | Marathon |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Frankfort |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 28 |
| Range: | 3 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 3 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2011 |
| Historic Use: | one to six room school |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Clapboard |
| Architect: | |
| Other Buildings On Site: | N |
| Demolished?: | No |
| Demolished Date: |
| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | It is unclear if this building was originally constructed here of if it was possibly moved here at a later date. The 1901 map indicates the property as encompassing 40 acres and owned by F. Mesalk; a building is indicated on the property, but not in the present location. Further, no schools are indicated on the 1901 map in this location; the map does show two schools in the nearby vicinity of the property, including School #1, further east on Elderberry Road, and School #2, south along CTH E. By 1930, however, the school is indicated in its current location on a 79-acre parcel owned by Arthur Griese. The 1956 and 1959 maps also indicate the school. None of the maps or early histories of the area indicate the school building's name; "Smith School" is derived from an online map. The front facade faces south. The house is used a residence and nearly all windows are replacements with some openings reduced in size. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Plat Book of Marathon County, 1901 Atlas and Farmer's Directory of Marathon County, Wisconsin, 1930 Farm Plat Book and Business Guide Marathon County, Wisconsin, 1956 and 1959 "Map of Schools in the Town of Frankfort, Marathon County" - http://thomasbecher54401.tripod.com/id25.html, accessed February 2012 “Architecture and History Survey: Wis 29” WHS project number 14-0859/MR. June 2010, November 2011, December 2013, April 2014. Prepared by Rachel E. Bankowitz and Shelley Greene. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |