Built in 1852 (Greek Revival architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2014.
“District No. 34 School is a former school building in Denmark Township, Minnesota, United States. It was built around 1852 and remained in active use until 1946.”
Wikipedia article District No. 34 School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 42 National Register listings published here for Washington County · listed in 2014 · category: Building · built in 1852, Greek Revival architecture.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Denmark Township. History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley Including the Explorers and Pioneers of Minnesota, published 1881 gives that township a chapter of its own.
The chapter covers the township.
Machine-read from a century-old scan, so expect the errors a machine makes: misspelled names, dropped words, stray characters.
Read the whole chapter on Denmark Township - 241 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of District No. 34 School between 2012 and 2020, burning about 10 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | 200021 |
| 17 March 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge | INNOVATION |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of District No. 34 School: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christenson Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Stirratt Ave Limestone Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Ahlgren Gravel Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Barkley Coulee Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Prescott Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | John P. Furber House | 6.9 miles | 1982 |
 | Cordenio Severance House | 7.8 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 14000220 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Washington County | All 42 listed properties in this county. |
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