Property Record
N4751 N HELENVILLE ROAD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | HELENVILLE STATE GRADED SCHOOL |
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| Other Name: | HELENVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT & MEETING HALL |
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| Reference Number: | 6580 |
| Location (Address): | N4751 N HELENVILLE ROAD |
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| County: | Jefferson |
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| Township/Village: | Jefferson |
| Unincorporated Community: | HELENVILLE |
| Town: | 6 |
| Range: | 15 |
| Direction: | E |
| Section: | 3 |
| Quarter Section: | NE |
| Quarter/Quarter Section: | SE |
| Year Built: | 1903 |
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| Additions: | |
| Survey Date: | 2013 |
| Historic Use: | social recreational/fraternal hall |
| Architectural Style: | Romanesque Revival |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Other Buildings On Site: | |
| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | The first school at the settlement of Helenville was organized in 1868. A small, non-extant, brick one-room schoolhouse was constructed at that time. A new schoolhouse was constructed in 1903. The building, designed by architect Julius Hermerl, was constructed by a man by the name of Christ from Jefferson for the sum of $3,005. Also, a one-room building, the school reorganized to a nine month schedule in 1913 with an increase in staff to two teachers. By the mid-twentieth century, the single room was divided into two separate classrooms. A new entrance and addition was eventually constructed on the south side of the school. Helenville State Graded School operated until the school consolidation movement of the mid-twentieth century. Today the schoolhouse serves as the Helenville Fire Department and as a community meeting house. WIDE ROUND ARCH OVER ENTRY ROUND ARCHED WINDOWS IN GABLE SEGMENTAL ARCHED WINDOWS FRONT OBSCURED BY IVY |
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| Bibliographic References: | One Room Schools of Jefferson County. Johnson Creek: Johnson Creek Historical Society, 2006. Page 212. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |