Townsend School - Farmington, WI
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N 44° 24.815 W 089° 06.627
16T E 331975 N 4919976
This one-room school house was built in 1896 and named after Ezra Townsend who owned the land and leased it to the Joint School District No 1 for the price of $1.
Waymark Code: WMAMR1
Location: Wisconsin, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2011
Views: 1
Townsend School is located on the southwest corner of Smokey Valley Rd and State Road "49", about three miles north of Waupaca, WI. The school house itself is the front section of the Wesley Heating and Air-conditioning business; a large addition has been built onto the back of the original school building. And the bell is still in the belfry.
On July 6, 1906 voters decided that students from out side the district would pay $5 tuition per term. On August 11, 1944 it was agreed that Townsend School would take in the children from the Oakland School for $25 per month for all the children. The Oakland School children attended Townsend School for the next three years until the Oakland School reopened in 1947. The Townsend School closed at the end of the 1955-1956 school term.
Original or Re-creation?: Original
Is the schoolhouse still open as a school?: no
Address:
N4799 State Road "49"
Farmington, WI USA
54981
Does the school offer 19th century classroom reenactments or day camps?: no
Year the school first opened.: Not listed
Year the school closed.: Not listed
Web Address (if available): Not listed
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