N9467 VAN DYNE RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

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N9467 VAN DYNE RD

Architecture and History Inventory
N9467 VAN DYNE RD | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Van Dyne School
Other Name:
Contributing:
Reference Number:123239
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):N9467 VAN DYNE RD
County:Fond du Lac
City:
Township/Village:Friendship
Unincorporated Community:Van Dyne
Town:16
Range:17
Direction:E
Section:5
Quarter Section:SW
Quarter/Quarter Section:NW
PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1929
Additions:
Survey Date:2001
Historic Use:school-one to six room
Architectural Style:Twentieth Century Commercial
Structural System:Masonry
Wall Material:Brick
Architect: Frank Stepnoske
Other Buildings On Site:
Demolished?:No
Demolished Date:
NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
National Register Listing Date:
State Register Listing Date:
NOTES
Additional Information:Currently in residential use (2001), this small, square building is one-story tall and rests on a raised basement. The building is veneered with brick and exhibits a flat roof with a simple parapet. A flight of concrete steps with closed, brick rails leads up to the centrally located entrance. The entrance consists of a single door with sidelights and a transom (all replacements) set in a segmental-arched surround of stone. Above that is decorative brickwork and a stone panel inscribed "VAN DYNE SCHOOL". The building is embellished with a water table composed of a brick soldier course, a brick soldier course capped with a stone molding that together form a cornice, stone sills, brick soldier course lintels, and a narrow stone coping. The large window openings on the facade have been filled in with glass block, inset with small awning windows. Side windows have been reduced. Two small frame additions are on each side elevation; both appear to post-date 1965. Laureen Wendt carved in the left side of stairwell walking into the school a message saying that she loved Mrs. Horner who was the teacher by 1970. The school closed in c. 1970 when Van Dyne became part of the North Fond du Lac school district.
Bibliographic References:Van Dyne Centennial: 1866-1966. No publisher, 1966.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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