Shell Lake Area Schools 1881 - 2021
Greg Flogstad, January 20, 2023
About the map and photos on the cover and above | Themap identifies the location of 22 schools thatserved the Shell Lake area since 1881.Top right, Plainview School now located at the Washburn County Fairgrounds was moved from its original site in theTown of Bashaw in 1991. Second row down on left, Shell Lake Schools circa 1915 serving grades 4 through 12. Second row down on right, Beaver Brook School in 1976. Third row down on left, Brickyard School in idled state during 1972-1973 school year.Third row down, middle picture, Woodyard School in 1976.Third row down on right, architectural rendering of the grade school constructed in 1890. Bottom row on left, high school sometime after 1917 construction date. Bottom row right, this photo from the 1972 Lakonian shows the complete buildout of the high school junior high and gymnasium.The three most recent photos above showthe Pre-K through 12th grade school entrances and complete campus build out in 2020.
Shell LakeArea Schools 1881 - 2021
In December of 1881 school was held in a small log building near the shore of Shell Lake.This building initially served as a trading post and was constructed by Leander “Dan” EllwoodThomas. It was also the first building in what was to become theTown of Shell Lake in 1890.Twenty-five students attended school the first year.After two years of schooling in the converted trading post a two room school was constructed where the Erika Quam MemorialTheater is today at 605 1st Street.The Shell Lake Lumber Company then built another school in the company’s pasture for the “mill-row children” or for children that lived in lumber company sponsored housing, constructed in a row near the mill. (Stouffer 1961, P.19, 69, 70 & 116)
1885 School | The photos at right, and below show the school that followed the three schools mentioned above.This two story, wooden frame building was constructed in 1885 and was located at the intersection of where 1st Street and 8thAvenue are today.This school is reported to have cost $5,000 and had four apartments in it.The photo below shows an earlier picture of the school on the edge of the “hollow”, surrounded by a sea of stumps left from clear cutting the forest by the Shell Lake Lumber Company. Other photos from 1885 to 1915 show this school being constructed in three phases. These two pictures depict the central first phase.
(Folsom 1888, P. 241; Stouffer 1961, P. 116; Hoar 1968, P. 96)
There is also reference to an 1890 era school constructed in the southern part of Section 10 in theTown of Sarona today.This log built school was for children living in the Oren E. Stone logging camp that began operations in 1890.The school was built under the supervision of the school’s teacher Lillie Bevan.The camp's location was: the SE quarter of the SW quarter, of Section 10,Town 37 N. Range 12 W. or about 1.8 miles west of Sarona on the north side of County Highway D. Highway D’s road bed was originally the bed for the narrow gauge logging rail line. (Hoar1968, P. 67; Stouffer 1961, P. 58)
Architectural Rendering of Shell Lake Grade School
Constructed in 1890 | Local officials selected this impressive architectural rendering for the final design of the grade school that was constructed in 1890 near the 1885 school shown on the previous page. Builders followed this design to perfection. The quality craftsmanship is evident when you compare this drawing to the photo of the grade school in the photo below and at the bottom of page 6. (Hoar 1968, P. 99)
1890 Grade School Still in
Use in the 1950s | The photo at right shows the 1890 grade school as viewed to the southwest near the high school in the 1950s. From its initial construction in 1890 this school transitioned from a grade school to space for band, chorus, home economics, mechanics, welding and agricultural classes in the 1940s and 1950s. It was razed in 1959.The intricate detail of the carpenters exceptional craftmansship can be better appreciated by zooming in on this photo when viewing this page online or on the Facebook Group Site: “You know you’re from Shell Lake if…” Comments by group members about this building’s interesting history are also there. (Facebook Group, You know you're from Shell Lake if.... Posted 05/02/2019) (Washburn County Scrapbook Committee 1977, P. 19)
Shell Lake Students Late 1800s | Photo at right shows
TheTeacher Nell Rafferty and her students. It is possible this is one of the school rooms in the grade school completed in 1890 and shown in photos on page 3. The date of the photo could be May 1897 based on indefinite magnified analysis of the calendar shown in the back of the room. (Facebook Group, You know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted 03/31/2020)
Shell Lake Graded School
1902 | Below is another photo of Ms Nell Rafferty with students in 1902. Based on the age of the students this photo was also likely taken in the grade school that was completed in 1890 shown on page 3. Presidential photos show President William McKinley and Vice PresidentTheodore Rooosevelt.This 1902 photo was taken just after the assasination of President McKinley and Vice President Roosevelt ascending to the office of the President in 1901. (Winton et al. 1980, P. 30)
Teacher, Nell Rafferty, identified in the previous two school photos above was refered to again in a 1913 Washburn County Register newspaper article. The Register reported a judge ruled in her favor in her suit against the school board that dismissed her. It states she refused to be dismissed and collected a salary for a year. She was also the first teacher in Washburn County to draw a pension and she retired in 1915. She was born in Elkhart County Indiana in 1864 and died in Shell Lake in 1952. (Stouffer 1961, P. 117)
High School and Graded School 1885 - 1890 | The photographbelow combined with the photos on pages 6 and 7 show the progression of Shell Lake school construction in the late 1800s.The initial central part of the two story school in the background was constructed in 1885.The graded school in the foreground of the photo on the right was constructed in 1890.These two schools could accommodate up to 350 students.Tree stumps were still present on the lawn at the time of this photo indicating it being taken near the grade school’s 1890 construction date. (Stouffer 1961, P. 116) (Hoar 1968, P. 98)
1892 SouthAddition to 1885 School
| The photo at right, shows the 1892 south addition connected to the central first phase. This picture was taken sometime after the addition’s construction in 1892 based on the weathering of the wood siding.The south addition’s weathering however is not as pronounced as the weathering on the older central part of the building that was constructed in 1885. Twenty-two students and their teacher were present for this picture. Upon completion of this 1892 addition it provided education for 4th through 8th grades and all four years of high school. (Hoar 1968, P. 98)
Early High and Grade School
Photos | The photo at right was taken after 1895 when the Swedish Lutheran Church was constructed.These schools provided education for 1st through 3rd grade at the grade school building in the background and 4th through 12th grade at the grade and high school building in the foreground.The north addition to the grade and high school in the foreground was not completed at the time this photo was taken.This photograph also shows the grade school from an angle where you can plainly see how close the builders followed the detailed design from the architectural rendering on page 3. (Winton et al. 1980, P.7; Facebook:Old School Rice Lake page, Posted 11/22/2017; Hoar 1968, P. 98, 99, 100)
Completed High School
and
Grade
School Circa 1915 | The school in the background in the photo at right shows a later picture of the 4th through 12th grade school with the completed south and north additions connected to the central section of the school. In the foreground is the grade school that was constructed in 1890 for grades first through third.This photo was likely taken around 1915 since it was included in the illustrations section of the 1915 Washburn County plat book. On September 1, 1916 the Friday before school was to start the high school was destroyed by fire leaving just the grade school at this location.The community auditorium then served as a temporary location for the high school. (Stouffer 1961, P. 116, 118; Hoar 1968,P.98; Geo.A. Ogle & Co. 1915, P.97; Facebook Group, You know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted 04/13/2020)
High School Destroyed by Fire 1916 | On Friday
September 1, 1916, at 9:30 PM a few days before school was to start the high school was in flames.The high school was insured for $19,755 including contents. (Stouffer 1961, P. 118)
CommunityAuditorium Circa 1915 | The photo at right shows the community auditorium that was constructed in 1910 and temporarily served as a school after the September 1, 1916 fire destroyed the grade and high school.This photograph may have been taken around 1915, since it was included in the illustration section of the Washburn County Plat Book of that year.This auditorium, while serving as a school, was also destroyed by fire on February 21, 1917, less than six months after the high school burned down.The court house, Methodist church and Swedish Lutheran church then served as temporary school locations during this disruptive period.
(Stouffer 1961, P. 76, 118; Geo.A. Ogle & Co. 1915, P.97)
Remnants ofAuditorium
Constructed in 1910 and House
After Fire of February 21, 1917| The auditorium fire also damaged the adjacent residence.
(Stouffer 1961, P.76)
1917 Brick High School | The photo at right shows the brick high school constructed in 1917 to replace the high school destroyed by fire. Enrollment in the 1917-1918 school year totaled 136 high school students and 228 grade school students.The school had an estimated cost of $29,563. Four additions occurred during its 76 plus years of use that ended in 1993 when a new school was constructed on the south side of town.This school building was razed in 1994. (Stouffer 1961, P.11; Cardcow Postcard, Date Unknown)
Shell Lake Pavilion and High School Basketball Court, 1924 |
The photos at right show the pavilion that was constructed by the Francis Bergin and Paul Neiman American Legion Post No. 225 in 1924.The pavilion was originally 50 ft. x 100 ft. in size. It was used for high school basketball prior to the gymnasium being built next to the high school in the early 1940s. It was also used for dances, roller skating and boat storage during its existence. It was leased by the American Legion to the Shell Lake Civic Club, who held fund raising events that went towards community improvements.The pavilion was later sold to the Village of Shell Lake for $1.00.The village then leased the property to the Legion for $1.00 a year for 99 years. During the time of this lease the Village was awarded federal funding from the Works Projects Administration (W.P.A) in the late 1930s to undertake renovations to the pavilion.The pavilion was razed in the mid 1970s as construction of the Community Center began at its location in 1978. (Stouffer, 1961, P. 82, 83, 160, 198; Facebook: Old School Rice Lake Page, Posted 01/25/2014; Facebook Group, You know you're from Shell
Shell Lake Football Field
Under Construction in 1938 | The photo at right is a view to the northwest of the football field under construction in 1938.The field was a federal Works ProjectAdministration (W.P.A.) project.The following is a quote from the 1961 book The Story of Shell Lake byA.L. Stouffer about building the football field. “In building the football field the workmen found a large steam boiler, which had to be disposed of in some manner. Wishing to break it up in smaller pieces, a charge of dynamite was applied, which blew one piece of the boiler up-town, through the kitchen roof of the Kennedy residence, barely missing Mrs. Kennedy.” (Stouffer 1961, P. 120, 121)
Completed Shell Lake Football Field | The photo at right shows a view to the south of the completed football field. Improvements included lights, scoreboard, posted yard line markers, concession stand and barely visible on the right are the concrete bleachers.
(Facebook Group, You Know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted 05/02/2019)
1940s GymnasiumAddition to 1917 High School | The photo at right, shows the gymnasium expansion that was completed in the early 1940s.The School Board in 1940 authorizeda loan of $2,400 for the gymnasium, later they approved a loan of $29,983.After thatfederal Works ProjectsAdministration - W.P.A. funding was awarded for its construction with an estimated cost of$50,000. In 1946 the School was presented with an electric clock and scoreboard as a gift from Mrs. MableAllen. (Stouffer1961,
Second CommunityAuditorium | The photo at right shows the auditorium that replaced the one destroyed by fire on February 21, 1917.This auditorium was used for kindergarten and grade school classes from around 1949 into the early 1950’s, when the new grade school was added on to the gym around 1953. (Facebook: Old School Rice Lake, Posted 09/05/2013)
Shell Lake Kindergarten Class, 1951 - 1952 | The photo at right was taken during the 1951-52 school year in the city auditorium, see above photo.Twenty kindergarten students are shown with Mrs. Flottum. These students would be scheduled for the high school graduating class of 1964. Some students identified are:
Front Row L- R: Jim Norton, ___ Cantley, Judy
Furchtenicht, ___ ___, Don Jacobs, ___ ___. Middle
Row L- R: June Nelson, Polly Pederson, Judy Ripley, Bob Brown, MikeThomas, Steve Hansen. Back Row L- R: Diane Hefter,Alayne Norton, DeloresThompson, Larry Wendelschaeffe, Jean Lemke, Karen Schultz, Linda Jacobs,Alton Lee. (Facebook Group,You know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted 02/04/2021)
New Grade SchoolAddition
Circa 1953 | The photo at right shows part of the grade school addition connected to the gymnasium on its north side, around 1953. (Facebook Group, You know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted 05/03/2019)
New Elementary School 1959 | In 1958 the school board authorized spending $220,000 for construction of a new elementary school on the south side of town.This school opened during the 1959 - 1960 school year.The January 13, 2010 edition of Washburn County Register reported the following in the Register Memories section: “50 Years Ago - After January 14 (1960) all pupils in grades K-6 would be housed in the new elementary school except those attending Bashaw and Brickyard Schools”. Theelementary school initially served kindergarten through 6th grade. By 2020 during its last year of operation the elementary school transitioned to a prekindergarten through 2nd grade school.The lower photo at right shows the school inApril 2021. (Shell Lake School District 2018; Stouffer 1961, P. 125 ; Washburn County Register 2010)
High School in the Mid 1960s | The photo at right depicts the high school with the mid 1960s agricultural-mechanic shop addition in front. (Facebook Group, You know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted May 3, 2019)
1967 - 1968 Gymnasium, Band, Chorus, IndustrialArts, Locker Rooms, and Laundry Room
Addition |
The square windowless building on the leftand its lower level walkway in the photo below became operational in the 1967-1968 school year.This was the complete build out of this five component building complex that started in 1917. From 1967 to 1993 it served junior high through 12th grade.The school campus on the south side of town then became operational.The initial grade and high school section constructed in 1917 was razed in 1994. (LakonianStaff 1972, P.1)
Pre Kindergarten - High School
Campus in 2020 | At right isThe all inclusive PK through 12th grade campus on the City’s south side that became operational in the 2020 - 2021 school year.After its initial construction in 1993 it served grades 3 -12.The 1959 elementary school shown in the top photograph on the previous page served the prekindergarten through 2nd grade until 2020.The recent campus expansion came about after two referendums were passed inApril 2018.The first referendum involved a project of $12.2 million for improvements and additions to the existing elementary, middle, and high school building and grounds including a prekindergarten through second grade addition, classroom improvements and equipment acquisition.The second referendum involved$3.5 million forimprovements and additions to the physical education and athletic facilities including construction of a new gymnasium and performance space at the existing elementary, middle and high school building and equipment acquisition. For the 2020-2021 school year total enrollment of Primary PK-2, Elementary 3-6, Junior High and Senior High 7-12 was 584 pupils for an average class size of 42 students. (Inter County Leader and Ciesielski 2020; Shell Lake School District 2018; Shell Lake School District 2021-2022)
Washburn County Country Schools |
From the late 1800s until the early 1960s one or two room country school houses serving multiple grades was the norm for education in Washburn County. The map on the right prepared by Frank “Farmer '' Masterjohn, a teacher at the Springbrook School shows the location of 84 country schools. By 1903 this number dropped to 35 country schools in the county.The schools that are boxed in operated on or before 1903 (Tarr and Masterjohn 2019). Students living near these schools gradually enrolled into the Shell Lake, Spooner, Siren, Rice Lake, Cumberland, Birchwood and Minong school districts. Shell Lake’s grade school addition in the early 1950s and the 1959 new elementary school were constructed to accommodate some of the students that would have gone to these country schools.Anumber of these school buildings still exist with some transitioning to homes, museums, community centers, town halls, or businesses.
Shell LakeArea Country Schools
Members of the Facebook Group ``You know you’re from Shell Lake if…” posted photographs of some country schools and their students.The following are some repostings of these photos and in some cases additional information conveying their past use from 1890 to the early 1960s.The map on page 21 and the references section starting on page 22 provides location information on these schools.
South Dewey School Students
1924 -1925 | The photo at right of 13 South Dewey School students is reported to be from 1924-1925.The Rootsweb site on Burnett County schools also reported that the South Dewey school was operational from around 1904 until May 1956. Harriet (Melvin) Swan was the last teacher to serve at this school. (Facebook Group, You know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted November 12, 2015; Rootsweb, 1999 - 2006)
Clam River School Students 1951 |
Twenty-three students in grades one through eight and their teacher Mrs Evelyn Poquette were present for this February 1951 photograph.These students would be scheduled for high school graduation in classes of 1955 through 1962.The students and teacher are: 1. Gary Petz, 2. Mavis Parks, 3. Larry Hillman,
Jackie
6.
Woodyard School
Students 1951-1952 |
Twenty-two Woodyard students in grades one through eight were present for this photo during the 1951-1952 school year. Students identified are: Front Row L-R: Rodney Olson, Herbert Root, Duane Bowers, Roy Peterson, Larry Brown, Carolyn Peterson, Judy Worre, Linda Seese. Middle Row L-R: Dale Regenauer, Dick Stockburger, Ronnie Shellito, Marvin Mortensen, Gerald Peterson, Hugh Peterson, Carleen Root. Back Row L-R: Marvin Regenauer, Lyle Madson, Kenneth Nelson,Alvin Olsen, Marion Regenauer, Beverly Bowers,Alice Martin.Assuming this picture was taken in 1952 and these students are in grades one through eight they would have been scheduled for high school graduation in classes of 1956 through 1963. (Facebook Group, You know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted February 2, 2022)
Woodyard School in 1976
| Wisconsin
Historical Society records report that Woodyard School shown at right in this 1976 photograph was built in 1895. Building characteristics include a front gabled roof and clapboard wall material. Its shed roof side addition and a brick interior chimney were constructed in 1903. (Wisconsin Historical Society 1976)
Plainview School Students
1951 | Thirteen Plainview students in gradesTwo through eight and their teacher were present for this photograph on February 2, 1951.These students would be scheduled for high school graduation in classes of 1955 through 1961. (Facebook Group, You know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted December 5, 2020)
Plainview School in 2018 and MissyAdams| Plainview School shown in the photo at bottom right was moved from itsTown of Bashaw location,
west of Shell Lake to the Washburn County Fair Grounds where it is used for 4H Club activities. Plainview and Shell Lake High SchoolAlum Helen (Missy)Adams received the 1961 NationalTeacher of theYearAward from President Kennedy on May 2, 1961. Missy grew up in theTown of Bashaw and taught kindergarten in Cumberland for 53 years. She is the only Wisconsin teacher to this day to receive this annual national award. (Dryden and Drydenwire.com Posted July 29, 2019) (John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum 1961)
Brickyard School Students 1961 - 1962| Twenty-seven students in grades 6 through 8 were present for this picture on the front steps of Brickyard during the 1961-1962 school year.These students would be scheduled for high school graduation in 1966, 1967 and 1968. Some of the students identified are: Front row L- R Larry Fogelberg, Gary Fogelberg, John Regenauer, Verdell Erickson, Bob Pederson, Nan Stodola, Renee Stodola,Adolph Kirkreit, Susan Regenauer, Jackie Glessing. (Facebook Group,You know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted May 1, 2021)
Brickyard School 1972-1973 | While Shell Lake area country schools were already closed or being closed in the early 1960s, Brickyard saw use one last time during the 1966 - 1967 school year. Shell Lake’s sixth grade class was bused there during expansion renovations at the junior high school. The photo at right shows the two room Brickyard school in an idled state during the 1972-1973 school year.This photograph was in the 1973 Lakonian yearbook, the year the sixth graders graduated. Near the top of the gabled roof there is a stone block with the date 1921 engraved on it, establishing its date of construction and its 40 plus years of service. (Lakonian Staff 1973, P.5)
Brickyard in 2018 | Brickyard has been renovated into a home and an art gallery business.
Bashaw Brook School Students
1959-
1960 SchoolYear |
Twenty-two students in grades 1st through 3rd were present for this classroom picture at Bashaw Brook School during the 1959-1960 school year.The Rootsweb internet site on Burnett County Schools reported that Bashaw School was operational from about 1890 to 1965. These students would be scheduled for high school graduation in 1970, 1971 and 1972. Front row L- R: David Melton, Laura Petz, Jay Schultz, Eve Stariha, DougThurlough, Steve Hartwig, June Dahlstrom. Second row L- R: Peggy Melton, Wayne Dahlstrom, Joe Biver, Randy Brown, Laura Lemoine, Lana Swan Johnson, Patty Brown. Back row L- R: Juanita Lindstrom, Joyce Dahlstrom, Stephen Sinclair (Steve Bakker), Carol Landis (Petz), Darrell Melton, Kathy Mortenson, Jay Smith, Lois Smith. (Facebook Group, You know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted April 12, 2020; Rootsweb, 1999 - 2006)
Beaver Brook School 1976 | Wisconsin Historical Society records report Beaver Brook School shown at right in this 1976 photograph was built in 1900. Its last use as a grade school was in 1948. Building characteristics include a front gabled roof with clapboard siding. Its cupola is a vertical board base with a cross gabled roof transom.Above the door and windows are molded lintels.This building was moved by the Washburn County Historical Society to Shell Lake in 1991 to serve as a school museum. (Wisconsin Historical Society 1976)
Beaver Brook School Circa 2015 | Therelocated and renovated Beaver Brook School is now a school museum located next to the Washburn County Historical Society Museum inShell Lake. Fourth grade studentsand their teacher Mr Kevan at left and another educator in the center are posing in pioneer dress for Pioneer Days. (Facebook Group, You know you're from Shell Lake if... Posted December 10, 2019)
Shell LakeArea Schools and School District Boundary | Below is a list of 22 country schools that at one time were operating in and around Shell Lake from 1881 through 2021.The present day school district boundary is also shown.This circuitous boundary reflects the differing opinions on where residents desired their children to attend school in the mid 1950s when district boundaries were first established. (Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction and State Cartographer's Office 2021)
Shell Lake Schools 140Years From Now?
What would Leander Ellwood “Dan”Thomas think of Shell Lake’s new prekindergarten through 12th grade school campus in 2021? This campus is quite a change from his trading post that served as Shell Lake’s first school in 1881. He would probably be as surprised as we would be if we could observe the educational system in place 140 years from now. By the year 2161 organizational changes coupled with technological advances in knowledge delivery may make this modern campus obsolete like the country schools of the 1900s. Or Shell Lake’s educational role could expand and maybe become a regional year-round learning center. Providing pre-k, primary, secondary as well as post secondary education through immense information technology capacity available to real and virtual students and teachers here and around the world.
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“Beaver Brook School Museum Circa 2015, Pioneer Days, 4th Grade Students and Mr. Kevan,” |Beaver Brook School was located on the northside of CountyTrunk Highway B, approximately 0.10 miles east of CTH B and State Highway 253 (formerly U.S. Highway 53) intersection in Section 22 in the Town of Beaver Brook, Washburn County. Posted December 10, 2019. Facebook Group,You know you're from Shell Lake if...
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