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Property Location
| Location (Address) | 1238 GEELE AVE |
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| County | Sheboygan |
| City/Village | Sheboygan |
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Property Features
| Year Built | 1912 |
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| Additions | 1926 |
| Survey Date | 2011 |
| Historic Use | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style | Neoclassical/Beaux Arts |
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| Wall Material | Brick |
| Architect | H.c. Koch & Sons |
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| Demolished | No |
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| Additional Comments |
Initially surveyed in 2002. Limestone accentuates the building's belt courses, surrounds, sills, lintels, water table, and patterned wall panels. Front entrance surmounted by a classically-embellished, semicircular-arch hood. Washington was erected to relieve overcrowded conditions at Sheboygan's Eighth Ward School and Horace Mann Elementary School. Land for the school was purchased from Max Kroos and August Herman for $5,500. H.C. Koch & Sons designed the fireproof school with classrooms, an office, library, and two larger reception rooms, at a cost of $44,000. Rudolf Jahn of Sheboygan headed the construction. A 1926 addition added a gymnasium and more classrooms. The school intially housed students through eighth grade, but with the dedication of Urban Middle School in 1961, it became solely an elementary school. In the late 1970s remodeling was performed to improve energy efficiency. In 2000, a $1.2 million renovation and expansion occurred at the school, and included a new library, computer lab, more classrooms, an elevator, an expanded cafeteria, and staff lounge space. |
| Bibliographic References | LJM Architects, Inc. City of Sheboygan, Wisconsin: Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report. City of Sheboygan Historic Preservation Commission & Department of City Development; 2002, 2004 & 2006. Leberman, Joseph, One Hundred Years of Sheboygan, 1846-1946 (Sheboygan, WI: n.p. 1946), pg. 90. |
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
| National/State Register Listing Name | Washington Elementary School |
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| National Register Listing Date | Feb 14, 2017 |
| State Register Listing Date | Dec 02, 2016 |
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1238 Geele Ave
100000680
Located in Sheboygan, Sheboygan County
