National Register of Historic Places

Pipe School

Lanark, Portage County, Wisconsin
Listed
November 4, 1993
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
93001171

About this property

The Pipe School is located in Lanark, Wisconsin, United States. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993 and built in 1889. Members of the Jeffers family moved to Farmington in Waupaca County in 1855. The family had been in Wisconsin since they first settled in Racine County in the 1840s. They moved to the town of Farmington in Waupaca County in 1855. On November 8, 1858, Truman Jeffers was married to Adeline Severance, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Severance. Adeline was the first teacher of what is now known as the Pipe School in the town of Lanark. Truman Jeffers was living on what is now the William Pipe farm in Lanark in 1856. Adeline Severance Jeffers received a wage of $2.00 for a 5½-day week and boarded at home. Eliza Jeffers also taught there for $1.56 per week for four months. Adolphis Kilby, husband of Ellen Jeffers, a daughter of George Jeffers, had a shoe shop across from the present William Pipe farm. On October 14, 1881, Julius Jeffers was married to Cordelia Thayer, who was the second teacher at the Pipe School. Family records show a long history of teachers, farmers and lumbermen. The Revolutionary War ancestor of the Jeffers family was a school teacher.

Location

Lanark, Portage County, Wisconsin
44.40924, -89.23349

Categories

EDUCATION
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Sources

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When was Pipe School listed on the National Register?

Pipe School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on November 4, 1993.

What type of historic resource is Pipe School?

Pipe School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Pipe School?

The period of significance for Pipe School is recorded as the industrial era.

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