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Site of Carlsville School District No. 3

1868 Marks the First Carlsville School

 
 
Site of Carlsville School District No. 3 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Connor Olson, July 29, 2023
1. Site of Carlsville School District No. 3 Marker
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"Margaret Kinney was paid $149 for teaching here during the 1869 school year.”

The first school was built out of log construction on one acre of private land owned by Thomas Carmody Sr. and wife Margaret. In 1879, the Carmody's officially sold the acre for $13 to the school district. All future Carlsville schools, for almost 100 years, would be right here, on this same tract of land.

1894 The Community Builds a New School
At a special school meeting it was decided that a new frame construction one room school, not less than 24 feet Χ 40 feet, would be built. Septimus Stephenson was paid $519 to build the new school. In 1898 a special meeting was called for the purpose of fencing in the school yard at a cost of $50.

Teacher Peter A. Anderson and his 62 Students in 1900

Built in 1919 The Last Two-Room School in Carlsville Still Stands
William and Anna Urban deeded an additional acre to the school in 1924. The school closed in 1965 to merge with Sevastopol Consolidated schools.
The original building still stands today as the entry to the Door Peninsula Winery.

On September 18, 1972, Henry Paschke purchased the school
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for $1200. He then sold it to the Door Peninsula Winery on August 7, 1974.
 
Erected by The Egg Harbor Historical Society.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. A significant historical year for this entry is 1868.
 
Location. 44° 57.106′ N, 87° 20.207′ W. Marker is near Egg Harbor, Wisconsin, in Door County. It is at the intersection of Wisconsin Route 42 and County Route I, on the right when traveling north on Wisconsin Route 42. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 4806 WI Hwy 42, Egg Harbor WI 54209, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula. It is also in the American Midwest, on the Great Lakes, and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture and also the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 6 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Halfway to the North Pole (approx. 3.3 miles away);
Site of Carlsville School District No. 3 Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Connor Olson, July 29, 2023
2. Site of Carlsville School District No. 3 Marker
Propeller and Shaft (approx. 4.7 miles away); Leathem and Smith Quarry (approx. 4.7 miles away); The Orchards of Door County (approx. 4.9 miles away); Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church (approx. 5½ miles away); Pioneer Farmer (approx. 5.6 miles away); A Fortunate Mix (approx. 6.1 miles away); Town of Sevastopol (approx. 6.1 miles away).
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on August 24, 2023. It was originally submitted on August 15, 2023, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. This page has been viewed 289 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on August 15, 2023, by Connor Olson of Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. • J. Makali Bruton was the editor who published this page.
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