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N7945 BELL SCHOOL RD

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N7945 BELL SCHOOL RD

Historic Name:
Bell School No. 7

Other Name:
Bell School; Zeisler Residence

Reference Number:
160781

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Property Location

Location (Address)

N7945 BELL SCHOOL RD

County

Walworth

City/Village

Township

East Troy

Unincorporated community

Town

4

Range

18

Direction

E

Section

25

Quarter Section

NW

Quarter Quarter Section

SE

Property Features

Year Built

1853

Additions

1934, 2004, 1960, 1887

Survey Date

2010

Historic Use

school-one to six room

Architectural Style

Front Gabled

Structural System

Wall Material

Clapboard

Architect

Tasitus Bond,Wpa

Other Buildings On Site

Demolished

No

Demolished Date

Additional Comments

A 'site file' exists for this property. It contains additional information such as correspondence, newspaper clippings, or historical information. It is a public record and may be viewed in person at the Wisconsin Historical Society, State Historic Preservation Office. In 1887, eight feet was added to the building. In 1934, the WPA raised the building and added a basement, as well as an entryway. The addition with restrooms was added in 1960. The cupola was reconstructed in 1991 based on historic photos and architect's drawings of the school. The back addition was constructed in 2004. Converted into a private residence between 1961 and 1978. A barn was moved on to the property from a nearby farm. The garage was built in 1977. This building was used as a school, a church, and housed the Bell School Literary Society (established in 1898). The school closed in 1961. 2010: "This previously surveyed, one-story-tall, rectilinear plan, Front Gable Vernacular Form building has stuccoed foundation walls and the exterior walls that rest on them are clad in clapboards. These walls are sheltered by a gable roof that has slightly overhanging open eaves, and a reconstructed, square-plan, hipped-roof cupola that once house the school bell is positioned on the ridgeline of this roof. The building sits on the southwest corner of the intersection that is formed by the east-west-running STH 20 and the north-south running Bell School Rd. and its principal elevation faces east on Bell School Rd. This elevation features a hipped roof entrance vestibule that is placed to the right of center and two small two-over-two-light windows are positioned to the left of this vestibule. Four slightly larger two-over-two-light double hung windows are located on both the north and south-facing side elevations of the building and additional windows are located on the side elevations of two smaller gable-roofed clapboard-clad additions that are attached to the rear of the building."

Bibliographic References

Good Ol' Fashioned School Days. East Troy Area Historical Society, 2008.

National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings

National/State Register Listing Name

Not Listed

National Register Listing Date

State Register Listing Date

Contributing

school-one to six room Front Gabled

Walworth
County

East Troy
Community

1850-1859
Decade

National and State Register Listing

Unique ID
HI160781

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