Property Record
810 PHOEBE ST
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Jefferson Public School |
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| Other Name: | JEFFERSON SCHOOL |
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| Reference Number: | 2055 |
| Location (Address): | 810 PHOEBE ST |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1929 |
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| Additions: | 1958 |
| Survey Date: | 19852021 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Charles Clark Reynolds |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | City of Green Bay, Wisconsin - Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report Phase 1 - 2021 Photo code #2: 75BR-4/3-5 Main block has stepped brick parapets with concrete coping. Wood, copper roofed cupola above with four round arched ventilator openings with keystones in arches and with chamfered corners on the cupola. Flared copper eight-sided roof with windows above. Two hip roof pavillions with semi-circular niches covered by half-domed are attached to the main block by gable roof, clapboard sided hyphens. Each hyphen has a single basket handle arch opening. All building corners have brick quoins. The Jefferson Primary School, located at 810 Phoebe Street, was constructed in 1929 as a small neighborhood school on the west side of Green Bay and was designed by Charles Clark Reynolds. The school was built in response to a population boom at the time, replacing the Mather School, it was named after President Thomas Jefferson, and the brick school building only consisted of five classrooms and a central corridor at first. A concrete addition was added to it in 1958 that was designed by architect Harry W. Williams and included an all-purpose room, health room, office, kitchen, and storage. For more information on Harry Williams refer to chapter 9 Architecture. The flanking recessed hyphens on the building’s main south-facing façade were enclosed at this time. The school only had 116 pupils at the time and has included grade Kindergarten through third grade for much of its history. Another expansion was completed at the rear in 1996. The Jefferson Public School is significant under Criterion C: Architecture as an excellent example of a Colonial Revival school building. The period of significance for the property would extend from 1929 to 1958. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Sanborn-Perris Fire Insurance Map of Green Bay, 1957. B. Way, Russell S. An Inventory of Green Bay, Wisconsin District Public Schools. Gr3een Bay, 1966. C. Green Bay Press-Gazette, September 18, 1958, p. 52 (illustrated). |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |