Property Record
W SIDE OF COUNTY HIGHWAY I, .1 MI S OF FREDONIA-KOHLER RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | STONY HILL SCHOOL |
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| Other Name: | STONY HILL SCHOOL |
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| Reference Number: | 13249 |
| Location (Address): | W SIDE OF COUNTY HIGHWAY I, .1 MI S OF FREDONIA-KOHLER RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | |
| Township/Village: | Fredonia |
| Unincorporated Community: | |
| Town: | 12 |
| Range: | 21 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 28 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1847 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | |
| Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
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| Wall Material: | Fieldstone |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Stony Hill School |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 10/8/1976 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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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 State Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. 1/2 ROUND FANLIGHT WINDOW IN GABLE STONE QUOINS AND SILLS BIRTHPLACE OF FLAG DAY BY BERNARD J CIGRAND ON 6/14/1885 SEE R#13239 FOR IDENTICAL CENTER SCHOOL RESTORED IN 1940'S BASED ON CENTER SCHOOL MODEL In 1885, Bernard Cigrand, then a nineteen-year-old schoolteacher, held the first known observance of "Flag Birth Day" here. The school’s graduating class--mostly descendants of Luxembourger immigrants--honored Old Glory by reading essays they had written and discussing the flag's history and meaning. Cigrand then launched a 31-year campaign for an annual national observance of the flag’s birth. In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed that on June 14, citizens would to honor the national symbol. In the late 1940s, the National Fraternal Flag Day Foundation acquired and restored Stony Hill School as the organization's shrine. The very simplicity of the schoolhouse gives it charm. Fieldstone rubble, set in a heavy mortar mixture, composes the walls of the single-story, one-room building. Atop the front-gabled roof rises a small wooden belfry--complete with a school bell--straight out of a Norman Rockwell painting. Schoolchildren entered the building through paneled double doors, crowned by a segmentally arched brick lintel. A simple wooden porch spans the facade, and wooden shutters cover the windows. Over the years, the building lost its door, porch, and belfry (if that element ever existed). Between 1948 and 1952, the Flag Day Foundation |
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| Bibliographic References: | ZIMMERMANN, RUSSELL "THE HERITAGE GUIDEBOOK" (HERITAGE BANKS 1976) Buildings of Wisconsin manuscript. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |