Property Record
7600 W NORTH AVE
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | LONGFELLOW MIDDLE SCHOOL |
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| Reference Number: | 233197 |
| Location (Address): | 7600 W NORTH AVE |
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| County: | Milwaukee |
| City: | Wauwatosa |
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| Year Built: | 1956 |
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| Survey Date: | 2016 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Contemporary |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The first Longfellow school was a Junior High School built in 1928 on the present site of the Wauwatosa High School on the east side of Wauwatosa. The high school expanded and incorporated the junior high school in 1931, but the junior remained a part of the school building until the 1950s. Longfellow Middle School was constructed in 1956. Longfellow Middle School was original constructed with two extant auditoriums, two gymnasiums, and a swimming pool. The school presently has 833 students. |
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| Bibliographic References: | Wauwatosa School District website. <www.edlinesites.net/pages/Wauwatosa_School_District> accessed January 1, 2017 |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |