Property Record
913 3RD AVE W
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Wilmarth School |
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| Other Name: | First Assembly of God |
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| Reference Number: | 536 |
| Location (Address): | 913 3RD AVE W |
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| County: | Ashland |
| City: | Ashland |
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| Year Built: | 1895 |
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| Survey Date: | 2015 |
| Historic Use: | elementary, middle, jr.high, or high |
| Architectural Style: | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | HENRY WILDHAGEN |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Wilmarth School |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 7/17/1980 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
| National Register Multiple Property Name: | Wildhagen Schools of Ashland & Thematic Group |
| 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, State Historic Preservation Office. TALL SQUARE TOWER OVER ENTRY. 2-story, cream brick school with a 3-story square tower marking the entrance. See Henry Wildhagen schools of Ashland thematic group nomination. Henry Wildhagen was one of northern Wisconsin's best-known architects in his time and was particularly noted for schoolhouses. This cream brick one is a vernacular expression of Romanesque Revival design, especially seen in its two-story projecting central pavilion. Within the central entrance tower, an enormous round-arched window lights the staircase at the second story, and a trio of round-arched openings illuminates the third. Each arch is formed by brownstone voussoirs, which combine with brownstone quoins at the corners and brownstone belt courses to give the building its striking polychromy. Wildhagen also designed the Ashland Middle School (1000 Ellis Ave.), Beaser School (612 Beaser Ave.), and Ellis School (310 Stuntz Ave.). 2017: Classroom addition surveyed and photographed. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Eckert, Kathryn. Sandstone Buildings of the Lake Superior Region, 2000. Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |