Beaser School is a former

school A school is an educational institution designed to provide learning spaces and learning environments for the teaching of students under the direction of teachers. Most countries have systems of formal education, which is sometimes compuls ...

Ashland, Wisconsin Ashland is a city in Ashland and Bayfield counties in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the county seat of Ashland County. The city is a port on Lake Superior, near the head of Chequamegon Bay. The population was 7,908 at the 2020 census, al ...

, United States. Built in 1895, it is a brick and brownstone building designed by architect

Henry Wildhagen Henry Wildhagen (September 1, 1856 – March 23, 1920) was one of northern Wisconsin's best-known architects at the turn of the 20th century. He was born in Hannover, Germany in 1856 and studied at the Technical University of Hannover. He immigra ...

. It has a brownstone arch over a recessed entryway. It was expanded in 1955. The building was added to the

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in 1980, along with three other schools in Ashland also designed by Wildhagen: Ashland Middle School (1904),

Ellis School Ellis School is a school building in Ashland, Wisconsin which was built in 1900. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places on July 17, 1980. It is noted for its architecture—the design of Henry Wildhagen—which is of t ...

(1900), and

Wilmarth School Wilmarth School is a school building in Ashland, Wisconsin which was built in 1891. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is noted for its architecture—the design of Henry Wildhagen—which is of the 19t ...

(1895). and 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). In 1991, Beaser School became the headquarters of Cooperative Educational Service Agency #12.CESA #12: Ashland, Wisconsin
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Buildings and structures in Ashland County, Wisconsin Defunct schools in Wisconsin School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin 1899 establishments in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Ashland County, Wisconsin Ashland, Wisconsin School buildings completed in 1899 {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub