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Gibraltar District School No. 2

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institution was organized in 1854. Three years later, the town of Gibraltar was officially established, with Ephraim included in its borders, and Andreas Iverson donated land for a school at Ephraim and was elected to the school board. In 1857, the Norwegian settlers used this property to erect Gibraltar's first school, a log building.
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school with many improvements that were intended to resolve problems with other schools that county officials had noted. Besides being larger than previous schools, it included large windows to light the interior effectively. Local schoolchildren attended it until the construction of a newer one-room
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in the late 1860s, as the county was then in the process of consolidating its school districts. At that time, the school's enrollment was nearly 150 students, who met for classes for slightly less than half of each year; education in the area was hampered by sparse settlement in the heavily wooded
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land at the community's present site in early 1853, and small temporary houses were scattered over the townsite by the next year. Children were among some of the earliest residents, and the importance of education in the Moravian Church meant that a school was soon needed: the first educational
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who had emigrated from Norway; it was founded to be a permanent settlement, unlike the many resource extraction camps that dotted the Door Peninsula. The Norwegians settled in Wisconsin under the leadership of Andreas Iverson, who had previously lived in
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countryside. Additionally, the local newspaper claimed that poor-quality teachers and school buildings diminished the quality of education that local children could receive in local schools.
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school in 1948. As it was no longer needed for scholastic purposes after the new school was built, the old school was restored by a local history organization before being
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By the late 1860s, a new school was needed, and Ephraim built the present building in 1869. It was one of many schools built in
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National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Ephraim Multiple Resource Area
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University and college buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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and Wisconsin Historical Society, Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory,
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School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin
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List of jails and prisons on the National Register of Historic Places
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Gibraltar, Door County, Wisconsin. 2012. Accessed 2012-10-29.
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National Register of Historic Places in Door County, Wisconsin
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In 1985, the Gibraltar District School #2 was listed on the
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The Gibraltar District School #2 is a substantial one-room
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History of the National Register of Historic Places
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U.S. National Register of Historic Places

Gibraltar District School No. 2 is located in Wisconsin
Gibraltar District School No. 2 is located in the United States
Ephraim
Wisconsin
45°9′22″N 87°10′7″W / 45.15611°N 87.16861°W / 45.15611; -87.16861
MPS
Ephraim MRA
85001250
one-room school
Door Peninsula
Gibraltar
Door County
Wisconsin
United States
Ephraim
historic site
Moravians
Milwaukee
platted
Door County
frame
converted into
National Register of Historic Places
multiple property submission


"National Register Information System"
National Register of Historic Places

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