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Remembering all those one room school houses in Waukesha County and Wisconsin

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Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker

 It is not uncommon these days to be driving along a country road and see the remnants of a one room school house. These are a lot more common than some think. Many of the brick one room school houses have been converted to single family homes. I always get a smile by looking at the cornerstone or cap print with the year it was built. Every so often I come into North Lake which is north of Hartland, Wisconsin and I see the same one room school house sitting there abandoned for years. It has been there for as long as I can remember and I know relatives that have past away now that had gone to school there. When you think of the makeup of school in Wisconsin and the history that existed in these school houses.These are everywhere in Wisconsin. From Washington Island to Lacrosse, to Sheboygan to Ixonia. These have their wonderful mark in history everywhere and I have the luxury to hear from older folks what it was like to learn in one with all the other grades. The last operable one which still used the out house was the one on Washington Island which is now the Island Rec center and art gallery. In the Waukesha County Real estate market there are still examples and rich history to accompany them and they are a tell tale story of not that long ago. Today, they are just a memory and schools are magnificent in Waukesha County.

 

For a list of schools in Waukesha County see Waukesha County Wisconsin Schools

Tom Braatz   

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Comments(10)

Kat DeLong
Realty ONE Group Mountain Desert - Prescott, AZ
REALTOR

Tom and Lars: I love reading about the history of towns...One-room schools; can you imagine if the the walls could talk?  My mom told me about the one she went too.  I'm thinking, in August when kids had to go back to class and,  NO a/c.  Yikes.

Jul 22, 2009 09:18 AM
Laura Cerrano
Feng Shui Manhattan Long Island - Locust Valley, NY
Certified Feng Shui Expert, Speaker & Researcher

Wow, Tom, What wonderful shots.  We have the Bethpage Village Restoration that has some of these wonderful school houses that they used long ago.  My old one is now historic, it had two rooms :)

Jul 22, 2009 11:02 AM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Carole

To see these you can almost hear the voices, feel the work, and get a feel for the energy that was contained in them.

Jul 22, 2009 01:35 PM
Kristin Johnston - REALTOR®
RE/MAX Platinum - Waukesha, WI
Giving Back With Each Home Sold!

TOm, I think I see Laura Ingalls in that room, right?  LOL  I loved that show growing up....good values!

Jul 23, 2009 12:43 AM
c m
Colorado Springs, CO

Years ago some friends of my parents were traveling, and ran across an abandoned school house. The stopped and went inside.  They came home with a "gift" for my husband and I, who were a teacher and antique lover, respectively. They gave us an old school desk that the husband had restored!  I always wondered if they ASKED before they took, but they were in their 70's or 80's when they did it, I guess they felt like this was "their history".  I LOVE these old buildings, they are slowly disintegrating everywhere...

Jul 23, 2009 01:44 AM
Tina Maraj
RE/MAX One - Fullerton, CA
Celebrating 30 Years of Real Estate Sales

Great pictures Tom. Nice subject with back to school time getting closer.

Jul 23, 2009 03:38 AM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Kat

I think the air conditioning wasn't even a thought back then. I would think they had those windows cracked pretty well though.

Jul 23, 2009 04:26 AM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Kristin

I get it; you do have a great sense of humor. Another ActiveRain person and I went to a school in Waukesha which was a 6 room brick school. Now that I think about it that was a pretty small school. Even had a janitor that would great you every day.

Jul 23, 2009 04:35 AM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Cheryl

I see alot of these when I travel along; they are a major part of history.

Jul 23, 2009 04:36 AM
Tom Braatz Waukesha County Real Estate 262-377-1459
Coldwell Banker - Oconomowoc, WI
Waukesha County Realtor Real Estate agent. SOLD!

Tina

You are amazing how you knew I was trying to time that. I like those old pictures as well.

Jul 23, 2009 04:37 AM