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2016 - "This school building was constructed in 1917 with an addition in 1937. Although it currently functions as an apartment building, the Georgian Revival-style school historically had a two-room plan. The one-story building has added height resulting from a tall foundation. The rectilinear structure supports a gable-on-hip roof, with the long axis of the roof oriented parallel to Thompson Street. It is sheathed in asphalt shingles and pierced by a broad brick chimney stack at its center. The building is expanded by a small flat-roof addition on the rear elevation, and an entrance pavilion on the façade. Projecting from the entrance pavilion is a front-gable portico, with a concrete deck and square wood columns. The exterior of the building is clad in a brick veneer, with a concrete watertable dividing the first story and foundation. Brick on the first story is a lighter hue of red than that on the foundation. Wall decoration includes inset panels on the façade and decorative brickwork on the north (rear) elevation. A broad entablature extends below the eaves. The facade entrance consists of paired wood doors within the portico; they are topped by a denticulated shelf molding. Windows appear to be historic-period wood sashes. Flanking the door are two eight-over-eight double-hung windows, each resting on concrete lug sills and topped by a soldier course of bricks. Corresponding foundations windows are two-over-two with narrow horizontal lights. Fenestration on the east and west (side) elevations include strings of five, tall six-over-one windows. Some of the lower sashes have been replaced by smaller one-over-one sashes. A second entrance is on the rear of the building, accessed by a concrete run of stairs. The rear one-story addition has a flat roof with a tall parapet on its east and west sides. A shallow pent extends along its north elevation, and shelters a pedestrian entrance."
-"USH 51/Wisconsin St/De Witt St: Southtown-E Pleasant", WisDOT#6918-01-02, Prepared by Commonwealth Heritage Group, Inc. (2015).
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