Property Record
BLOCK HOUSE ROAD, E SIDE, .2 MILE S OF STATE HIGHWAY 80/81
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Block House School |
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| Other Name: | |
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| Reference Number: | 55766 |
| Location (Address): | BLOCK HOUSE ROAD, E SIDE, .2 MILE S OF STATE HIGHWAY 80/81 |
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| County: | Grant |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Platteville |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 3 |
| Range: | 1 |
| Direction: | W |
| Section: | 25 |
| Quarter Section: | NW |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SW |
| Year Built: | 1912 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1995 |
| Historic Use: | one to six room school |
| Architectural Style: | Other Vernacular |
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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: | 1995- "Red brick, vernacular, 1917 (datestone) schoolhouse with hipped roof with large front gable. The original structure has one-overone double-hung windows, one to each side of the front door, which is half a story lower on the front facade than the windows. Centered above the front door is an inset plaque that states: "Block House School, 1917." The rear facade of the main block remains intact and includes a row of five double-hung windows. To each side of the building is a large, one-story shed-roofed addition. In front of the left-hand addition is a stone-faced garage. The same stone-facing has been applied to the basement story of the main block of the schoolhouse. This site has been the location of a rural schoolhouse since before 1868 (1868 plat map). In the early part of the twentieth century this school was known as "School #8" (1895 and 1903 plat maps). A Primitive Methodist Church and cemetery were also located nearby. No other 20th century rural schoolhouses were identified in the 1976 windshield survey of Grant County. Several earlier stone schoolhouses were included in the Wisconsin Inventory of Historic Places, however. This building has suffered a serious loss of integrity due to the several additions that have been appended to it. Since it is clear that it has been converted into a house, it is probably quite altered on the interior, also." -"USH 151, Dickeyville to Belmont", WisDOT# 1209-02-00, Prepared by Katherine Hundt Rankin (Preservation Consultant) for Rust Environment & Infrastructure Inc, 1995. |
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| Bibliographic References: |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |