Property Record
772 KOSHKONONG RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | SMITHBACK SCHOOL |
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| Other Name: | CHRISTIANA TOWN HALL |
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| Reference Number: | 4737 |
| Location (Address): | 772 KOSHKONONG RD |
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| County: | Dane |
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| Township/Village: | Christiana |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 6 |
| Range: | 12 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 15 |
| Quarter Section: | SW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1921 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 19792012 |
| Historic Use: | one to six room school |
| Architectural Style: | Gabled Ell |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | 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, Division of Historic Preservation-Public History. ELLIPTICAL ARCHED WINDOW ON SIDE. ROUND ARCHED WINDOWS ON FRONT. Smithback School replaced an earlier, frame, gable front building, constructed before 1873 at the nearby corner of WIS 73 and Koshkonong Road. Smithback was named for Nils Olsen Smithback, from Norway, an early settler to the Town of Christiana and property owner of adjoining land. Smithback operated from 1922 until 1963, when it closed. It was then used by the Town of Christiana for town hall functions until the recent construction of their new hall, located across the street. Today Smithback is privately owned. |
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| Bibliographic References: | The Capital Times, “Smithback School Holds Play Day,” 25 October 1919 The Capital Times, “Stoughton Department,” 4 October 1922 Wisconsin State Journal, “School Houses & Contents to Be Auctioned,” 6 June 1963 George Haag, Jim Johnson and Sandy Everson, Town of Christiana employees, February 2012 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |