Property Record
S2495 US HIGHWAY 12
Architecture and History Inventory
Historic Name: | UPPER WEBSTER'S PRAIRIE SCHOOL |
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Other Name: | Corrine Beard House |
Contributing: | |
Reference Number: | 40833 |
Location (Address): | S2495 US HIGHWAY 12 |
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County: | Sauk |
City: | |
Township/Village: | Delton |
Unincorporated Community: | |
Town: | 13 |
Range: | 6 |
Direction: | E |
Section: | 33 |
Quarter Section: | SE |
Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
Year Built: | 1860 |
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Additions: | |
Survey Date: | 19952013 |
Historic Use: | one to six room school |
Architectural Style: | Front Gabled |
Structural System: | Balloon Frame |
Wall Material: | Clapboard |
Architect: | |
Other Buildings On Site: | |
Demolished?: | Yes |
Demolished Date: |
National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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Additional Information: | 2013-Nonextant. 1995-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 Wisconsin Historical Society, Division of Historic Preservation. This is a one-story frame front-gabled school house with 6/6 dhs. The building was probably built before 1859, and has been abandoned for some time. It served as a school until at least 1922. It has a standing seam metal roof and is set on a stone foundation. There is a front-gabled addition across the front of the building that appears to have been built between 1870 and 1900. |
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Bibliographic References: | Alden Publishing Company. Atlas of Sauk County. 1906. Canfield, William. Map of Sauk County. 1859; 1861. Butterfield, C. W. The History of Sauk County, Wisconsin. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1880. Ogle, George A. Atlas of Sauk County. 1922. Smith, Maurice W. Plat Map of Sauk County. 1893. Tucker, M. G. Plat Map of Sauk County. 1877. |
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |