Ashland Middle School (Ashland, Wisconsin)

Ashland Middle School is a middle school in Ashland, Wisconsin's Ashland School District.[2] It is also the name of a former school building that was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places from 1980 until it was delisted in 2009.

Ashland Middle School
Location1000 Ellis Ave
Ashland, Wisconsin
Coordinates46°35′05″N 90°52′30″W / 46.584665°N 90.874909°W / 46.584665; -90.874909
MPSHenry Wildhagen Schools of Ashland TR
NRHP reference No.80000101[1]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPJuly 17, 1980
Removed from NRHPMay 12, 2009

The former school building was built in 1904 and was noted for its architecture, which contained Late Victorian, nineteenth-century revival and twentieth-century revival styles. The building was designed by Henry Wildhagen, who also designed three other schools in Ashland, all surviving, which also are NRHP-listed: Beaser School (1899), Ellis School (1900), and Wilmarth School (1895).[1][note 1]

Current school

The current school building also hosts the Oredocker Project School, a charter school with a focus on students learning through completing comprehensive projects.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ The thematic resources document notes the four schools were built in 1895, 1899, 1900, and 1904, according to school records, without distinguishing which (page 5). However, Beaser School was 1899-built (page 4). Ashland Middle School was the "finally produced" one (page 5), hence must be 1904-built. Ellis is "closest in age" to the middle school (page 4), so it must be the 1900 one. Wilmarth is noted to have been built in 1895 (page 3).

References

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  1. ^ a b Stauffer, Eugene; Barbara Wyatt; Diane Filipowicz (December 22, 1979). "Henry Wildhagen Schools of Ashland Thematic Resources". National Register of Historic Places Inventory - Nomination Form. National Park Service. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  2. ^ "Ashland Middle School and Oredocker Project School". Ashland School District. Retrieved February 15, 2017.
  3. ^ "Oredocker Project School". Retrieved February 15, 2017.