Third Ward School

Third Ward School
Location 1208 South 8th Street
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
 United States
Built 1876
Architect Arvin L. Weeks
Architectural style Victorian / Italianate
NRHP Reference # 81000062
Added to NRHP September 3, 1981

The Third Ward School (now known as Heritage School) was a two-room primary and intermediate grade school in Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

Adult and children visitors can learn about the rules and curriculum of the 1800s and 1900s. Also located in the schoolhouse is an educational museum that features a variety of exhibits, artifacts and school memorabilia. Longfellow Elementary School built in 1994 is adjacent to the building and helps to accent the changes in education that have taken place over the years.

History

The Third Ward School was built in 1876 as a primary and intermediate grade school and then became the city's first kindergarten.[1] In 1918, it was converted to a "fresh air school", a new concept, providing education and nourishing meals for children with tuberculosis, until 1932.[2]

The schoolhouse was designed by Arvin L. Weeks, a 19th-century Sheboygan architect. Altered at several points, restrooms were first installed in the north half of the foyer in 1904. Interior walls were added in 1931.[3] It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. In 1983 a grant from the National Trust for Historic Preservation provided funds for a feasibility study to restore the building as a Sheboygan Area School District "living school museum".

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Third Ward School". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2016-07-24.
  2. ↑ "Story of Heritage School". Sheboygan Area School District. Retrieved March 21, 2015.
  3. ↑ Filipowicz, Diane H. "Third Ward School" (PDF). National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form. Retrieved March 23, 2015.

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