Property Record
N4676 N HELENVILLE ROAD
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | ST. PETER EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN SCHOOL |
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Other Name: | |
Contributing: | |
Reference Number: | 224459 |
Location (Address): | N4676 N HELENVILLE ROAD |
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County: | Jefferson |
City: | |
Township/Village: | Jefferson |
Unincorporated Community: | HELENVILLE |
Town: | 6 |
Range: | 15 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 2 |
Quarter Section: | |
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Year Built: | 1914 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 2013 |
Historic Use: | one to six room school |
Architectural Style: | One Story Cube |
Structural System: | |
Wall Material: | Cream Brick |
Architect: | |
Other Buildings On Site: | Y |
Demolished?: | No |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church in the settlement of Helenville established a school in a non-extant building in 1851. A new school building was constructed adjacent to the church in 1914. In 1960, a new combined church and school building was constructed at W3255 U.S. Highway 18 in the Town of Jefferson. St. Peter Lutheran School remains the oldest operating parochial school under the Wisconsin Lutheran Synod. |
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Bibliographic References: | Swart, Hannah. Koshkonong Country – A History of Jefferson County Wisconsin. Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin: W. D. Hoard & Sons Co., 1975. Page 172. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |