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Ephraim in Door County, Wisconsin — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)
 

Gibraltar District School No. 2

National Register of Historic Places

 
 
Gibraltar District School No. 2 Marker image. Click for full size.
July 25, 2023
1. Gibraltar District School No. 2 Marker
Inscription.
This property has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places by the United States Department of the Interior
 
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) series list.
 
Location. 45° 9.354′ N, 87° 10.129′ W. Marker is in Ephraim, Wisconsin, in Door County. It is on Moravia Street north of Church Street, on the right. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 9988 Moravia St, Ephraim WI 54211, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is on Wisconsin’s Door Peninsula. It is also in the American Midwest and in the Corn Belt. Globally, it is in North America, on the Great Lakes, in the Western Hemisphere, in the Western World, and in 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 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: First Permanent Colony in Door County
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(about 500 feet away, measured in a direct line); Anderson Dock (approx. half a mile away); A Road Less Traveled (approx. 1.3 miles away); What a View! (approx. 1½ miles away); Chris Holicek (approx. 1½ miles away); Shipwrecked! (approx. 1½ miles away); Life on the Ledge (approx. 1½ miles away); Looking Back (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ephraim.
 
Also see . . .
1. Our Historic Sites. Ephraim Historical Foundation website homepage (Submitted on August 19, 2023.) 

2. Wisconsin MPS Ephraim MRA. National Archives Catalog:
from the Statement in Significance (1985): "By 1869, when the village had been settled sixteen years, a one room frame schoolhouse was built at 9988 Moravia Street. This school is a representative of a later phase of education when consolidation and standardization of schools in the county occurred."
(Submitted on August 19, 2023.) 

3. Wisconsin MPS Gibraltar District School No. 2. National Archives Catalog website entry:
(Submitted on August 19, 2023.) 
 
Gibraltar District School No. 2 & Marker image. Click for full size.
July 25, 2023
2. Gibraltar District School No. 2 & Marker
Gibraltar District School No. 2, Pioneer Schoolhouse Museum image. Click for full size.
July 25, 2023
3. Gibraltar District School No. 2, Pioneer Schoolhouse Museum
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on July 4, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 19, 2023. This page has been viewed 174 times since then and 8 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 19, 2023.
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