Property Record
7426 W DONGES BAY RD
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | SUNNYSIDE SCHOOL |
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| Other Name: | TRONIX CORPORATION OFFICE |
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| Reference Number: | 68197 |
| Location (Address): | 7426 W DONGES BAY RD |
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| County: | Ozaukee |
| City: | Mequon |
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| Year Built: | 1928 |
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| Survey Date: | 1986 |
| Historic Use: | one to six room school |
| Architectural Style: | Spanish/Mediterranean Styles |
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| Wall Material: | Brick |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| Additional Information: | DESCRIPTION This two-story brick school building has details that suggest the Parie style. The building has a low-pitched hiped roof and a wide overhanging eaves. The two-story projecting entry pravilion has a stone plaque carved with "Sunnyside School" and another plaque with "District 9" and a vertical plaque with "1928" inscribed. There are two belt courses that run across the front facade and the same brick is used to decorate the corners of the building. The bricks also surrounda the arched entrance that consists of two wood and glass doors topped by a large fanlight. Windows are double-hung sashes with an upper pane of six lights. On the side of the facade they are paired and topped with a transom. A large modern addition extendes from the rear of the building, but because of its placement, it detracts little form the old school. ARCHITECTURAL/ENGINEERING SIGNIFICANCE Mequon has a fine collection of late nineteeth and early twentieth century small school building. This one has features that suggest the popupar Prairie style, although in this building it is used rather late--1928. Even though it is being used for a new purpose, the has retained a high level of preservation and integrity. HISTORICAL BACKGROUND This school building was constructed in 1928 for one of Mequon's numerous school districts. Mequon was divided in to districts for the purpose of schooling rural children of the township. These rural schools were discontinued during the 1960s and school consolidation made them obsolete. HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE Mequon has a number of small schools still extant that represent the type of rural educational facilities common in the area prior to school consolidation in the 1960s. |
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| Bibliographic References: | [a] Plat Maps for the city of Mequon, 1867-1980, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin, or the Archives at the State Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin. [b] Taxs Rolls for the city of Mequon, 1857-1930, on file at the library, Mequon, Wisconsin. [c] Field observation based on architectural and historical information. [d] Information from the owner of the property. [e] Information from the building's datestone or inscription. [f] Freistadt Historical Society, Freistadt and the Lutheram Immigration, Mequom: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1989. [g] L. Rehm, Mequon History, on file at the Mequon Historical Society, Mequon, Wisconsin. [h] C.W. Butterfield, History of Washington and Ozaukee Counties, Chicago: Western Publishing Company, 1880. [i] Information from the Mequon Landmarks Commission, Mequon, Wisconsin. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |