Property Record
214 WOOD ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | BELMONT GRADE AND HIGH SCHOOL |
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| Other Name: | BELMONT GRADE SCHOOL |
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| Reference Number: | 66356 |
| Location (Address): | 214 WOOD ST |
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| County: | Lafayette |
| City: | Belmont |
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| Year Built: | 1902 |
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| Additions: | 1941 |
| Survey Date: | 19841993 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Astylistic Utilitarian Building |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | A substantially altered structure, the brick exterior has been covered with a stucco-like material, the windows have been reduced in size, and the bell tower removed. Belmont's first school house was a log structure which stood within the proposed village limits in 1867 when surveyors arrived to plat the site. The building was repaired and used for educational purposes until 1871 when a two story frame structure was built at a cost of $6,000. It is pictured in Belmont's bicentennial publication. As the community continued to grow, a three year high school course was added in 1899 and in 1902 this brick building was erected. It is on the same site as its predecessor. An addition, housing a gymnasium was completed in 1941. Following the organization of the Belmont Union Free High School Disctrict (1949), a new high school on the village's northeast side was built (1958) and later enlarged in 1966 and 1976-77. The 1902 structure, which has been substantially altered, currently houses Belmont's Grade School. An historic photo of the building is included in the 1976 publication. The building originally featured a belltower, large rectangular openings, and an entrance area defined by round arches. |
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| Bibliographic References: | (A) The Belmont Success, October 1936 (historical edition). (B) Belmont Area History, 1826-1976 (Belmont: privately published, 1976), p. 49. (C) History of Lafayette County, Wisconsin (Chicago: Western Historical Co., 1881), p. 621. “Architecture/History Survey: Reconstruct USH 151: Dodgeville To Belmont.” WHS project number 92-0510IA/LT. October 1993. Prepared by Great Lakes Archaeological Research Center (GLARC). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |