Wilmarth School is a

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building in Ashland,

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which was built in 1891. It was added to the

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in 1980. It is noted for its

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—the design of

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 ...

—which is of the 19th- and 20th-century revival styles. It is a two-story-plus-basement cream brick and brownstone building. It has a center "chisel-roof" tower containing the front entrance, which has a Palladian-like sidelights and stairlight. It has a stone panel with the school's name and three windows over a center arch. It has two large cream brick chimneys with

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caps and a

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. Wildhagen also designed three other schools in Ashland, also NRHP-listed: Ashland Middle School (1904), Beaser School (1899), and

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 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. It is noted that Wilmarth was built in 1895 (page 3).

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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin National Register of Historic Places in Ashland County, Wisconsin Victorian architecture in Wisconsin School buildings completed in 1895 Buildings and structures in Ashland County, Wisconsin 1895 establishments in Wisconsin {{Wisconsin-NRHP-stub