Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2016.
“The Wyoming Valley School is a historic school building designed by architect Frank Lloyd Wright in the town of Wyoming in Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States. It is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.”
Wikipedia article Wyoming Valley School, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 30 National Register listings published here for Iowa County · listed in 2016 · category: Building.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
This property stands in Wyoming Town. History of Iowa County, Wisconsin, Containing an Account of Its Settlement, Growth, Development and Resources...biographical Sketches.., 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 Wyoming Town - 2,718 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Wyoming Valley School between 1992 and 2020, burning about 107 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 5 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | FAR LOOK FIRE |
| 2 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 8 July 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 4 July 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 27 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 2 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wyoming Valley School: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Larson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Taliesin, Hillside Theater | 2.4 miles | 1973 |
| Taliesin House | 2.8 miles | 1973 |
| Taliesin, Entry Bridge | 2.8 miles | 1973 |
 | Unity Chapel | 2.9 miles | 1974 |
| Spring Green Restaurant | 3.3 miles | 2024 | |
 | Shot Tower | 4.1 miles | 1973 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 16000377 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Iowa County | All 30 listed properties in this county. |
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