Property Record
W63 N645 WASHINGTON AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | CEDARBURG HIGH SCHOOL |
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| Other Name: | Cedarburg City Hall |
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| Reference Number: | 13406 |
| Location (Address): | W63 N645 WASHINGTON AVE |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Cedarburg |
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| Year Built: | 1908 |
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| Survey Date: | 1975 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Limestone |
| Architect: | William Hilgen |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Washington Avenue Historic District |
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| National Register Listing Date: | 1/17/1986 |
| State Register Listing Date: | 1/1/1989 |
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| Additional Information: | A 'site file' (Washington Avenue Historic District) 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. LIMESTONE FROM ANSCHEUTZ QUARRY. SEGMENTAL ARCH AND ROUND ARCH ENTRANCES. DENTILLED EAVES. SLIGHTLY PROJECTING ENTRANCE PAVILIONS W/CNR PILASTERS. STONE BELT COURSES. "Both buildings were designed by William Hilgen, architect and son of the City's co-founder Friedrich Hilgen, and built by stonemaster John Vollmar. The rear building originally housed both graded school classes and the high school. It was constructed of rock-faced limestone from Cedarburg's Anschuetz quarry. Basic massive shapes and semicircular arches are Romanesque, but the wooden brackets and gable ornaments are Victorian. The building to the north, now City Hall, was built 14 years later as the high school accommodate the educational needs of a growing Cedarburg. Known as the Washington Building to distinguish it from the grade school called the Lincoln Building, its style borrows from Italianate with a flat roof and modillioned cornice. The gymnasium, now the Community Center, was built in 1939 as a WPA (Works Progress Administration) project." A Walk Through Yesterday in Cedarburg |
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| Bibliographic References: | ZIMMERMANN, RUSSELL "THE HERITAGE GUIDEBOOK" (HERITAGE BANKS 1976). A Walk Through Yesterday in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, 2005. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |