Beaser School

Beaser School is a former school in Ashland, Wisconsin, United States. Built in 1899, it is a brick and brownstone building designed by architect Henry Wildhagen. It has a brownstone arch over a recessed entryway.[2] It was expanded in 1955.[3]

Beaser School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Location	612 Beaser Ave Ashland, Wisconsin
Coordinates	46°34′52″N 90°53′37″W
Area	less than one acre
Built	1895, 1955
Architect	Wildhagen, Henry
MPS	Henry Wildhagen Schools of Ashland TR
NRHP reference No.	80000102[1]
Added to NRHP	July 17, 1980

The building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, along with three other schools in Ashland also designed by Wildhagen: Ashland Middle School (1904), Ellis School (1900), and Wilmarth School (1895).[2][note 1]

In 1991, Beaser School became the headquarters of Cooperative Educational Service Agency #12.[3]

Notes

1. 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).

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
2. Eugene Stauffer. Barbara Wyatt, and Diane H. Filipowicz (December 22, 1979). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Henry Wildhagen Schools of Ashland Thematic Resources". Retrieved February 15, 2017. and photo of Beaser School from 1979
3. CESA #12: Ashland, Wisconsin