Property Record
12121 W NORTH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | FISHER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
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| Other Name: | THE FISHER BUILDING / WAUWATOSA SCHOOL DISTRIC ADMIN OFFICES |
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| Reference Number: | 233229 |
| Location (Address): | 12121 W NORTH AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1957 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | Fisher Elementary School was constructed in 1957. The school was closed in 1982, and the building has since served as the Wauwatosa School District Administrative Offices, the Wauwatosa Recreation Department, the Tosa School of the Trades, and more recently, the Wauwatosa Montessori School. The Fisher School was renovated in 2011. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Wauwatosa School District website. & ‘Tosa moves closer to public Montessori,’ On Milwaukee website. <onmilwaukee.com/family/articles/tosamontessori.html> accessed January 10, 2017 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |