Property Record
4838 N CTH F
Architecture and History Inventory
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| Other Name: | Consolidated Elementary School |
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| Reference Number: | 224879 |
| Location (Address): | 4838 N CTH F |
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| County: | Rock |
| City: | Janesville |
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| Year Built: | 1960 |
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| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | elementary, middle, jr.high, or 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: | Consolidated Elementary School is located at the intersection of CTH F and Consolidated School Road in the Town of Janesville. The property consists of a c.1960 school building and playground area. The one-story, flat-roof brick building displays modern influences typical of mid-century public school design in its emphasis on horizontality, arrangement of use-specific wings arranged around an administrative core, and use of continuous bands of windows to maximize natural light in the classroom.[1] The north and south elevations are broken into three bays by brick pilasters and the wall plane is dominated by steel-framed windows in a fixed-over-awning configuration above a low stuccoed spandrel wall. The flat roof has metal coping. The classroom wing and gymnasium/cafeteria wing are joined at a slight angle and separated by an office and foyer with an overhanging roof that shelters the main entrance on the south-facing main elevation. The gymnasium/cafeteria wing has no windows and a secondary entrance is located on its west elevation. The Consolidated Elementary School was built toward the end of the consolidation efforts in the Wisconsin public school system. The school is a modest example of a mid-century public school. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [1] Lindsay Baker, A History of School Design and its Indoor Environmental Standards, 1900 to Today (Washington, D.C.: National Clearinghouse for Educational Facilities, 2012), 11. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |