Robert Schofield House

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.

From the record

“The new school building, started in 1913, and opened in 1914, is of vitrified red brick, 61 by 100 feet, three stories high, with a complete gymnasium, in addition to the usual recitation, assembly, cloak and office rooms. The equipment is modern throughout, with steam heat, fan ventilation, hot and cold water throughout, and both tub and shower baths.”
History of Clark County Wisconsin (1918). Machine-read text.

One of 22 National Register listings published here for Clark County · listed in 1982 · category: Building.

Sources: the county history on the Internet Archive · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service · the Wikipedia article

The listing

What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 buildingss as contributing to the listing.
Listed as. Schofield, Robert, House - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
Address. 303 W. Schofield Ave., Greenwood, 54437
When was it listed? September 1982
Category. building
City. Greenwood city
Architectural style. Italianate architecture
National Register reference number. 82000643 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

The ground it stands on

1,795 words

The chapter on Greenwood City in History of Clark County Wisconsin, published 1918 names Greenwood. This is what it says, exactly as the scans read.

Greenwood, situated not far from the geographical center of the county, is platted on a rise of ground, at the junction of the Black River and Rock Creek. Its pretty artificial lake, its sightly business houses and residences, its high water tower, its gently undulating adjacent farm lands, and its miles of good roads radiating in many directions, all tend to add to its beauty and charm, while its two railroads - the Fairchild & Northwestern and the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie, better known as the "Soo" - add to its importance as a trading and shipping center. Its principal shipments are dairy products.

Passage source: History of Clark County Wisconsin, published 1918.

In 1870, Chandler & Brown, from Black River Falls, opened the first regular store, and the same year, W. H. Begley opened a hotel. Begley operated the stage coach from Black River Falls, and employed Jesse Crane as his first driver. On this stage line, two and a half miles south of Greenwood, Henry Huntzicker had a log tavern. A half mile further south, George H. Huntzicker had a log cabin. Between the two, but across the road, Jacob Huntzicker had his home. In 1875, George H. Huntzicker erected a larger tavern, which he operated until the late eighties.

Passage source: History of Clark County Wisconsin, published 1918.

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 Greenwood City - 1,795 words on its settlement, mills, schools and churches.

Fires near this property

6 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Robert Schofield House between 2000 and 2018, burning about 6 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	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Debris and open burning	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
19 August 2018	Smoking	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	29
9 July 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	RESEWOOD FIRE
12 July 2018	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	22
8 May 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
4 November 2000	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named
29 October 2008	Recreation and ceremony	3.6 acres	Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources	not named

Every fire recorded in Clark County

Mines and quarries near this property

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Robert Schofield House: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Greenwood Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Schuering Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Clark County

Storms near this property

25 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greenwood, the town this property stands in, in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 2015	Flash Flood	Greenwood	$1,100,000	Flood waters from the Black River covered County Road G just west of Greenwood. Waters flowing through a drainage ditch undercut Chickadee Road near Gorman Avenue southwest of Willard. County Highway M was closed north of County Highway I when a culvert was washed out. This is the second time in three years that this section of County M has been washed out. County Highway B was undermined by water west of Humbird. The flood waters also prompted the closing of the county's ATV and horse trails. The flood waters damaged the dam at Emerson Lake with repairs estimated to cost almost a quarter of a million dollars. Highway damage along was estimated at $536,200.
December 2021	Tornado (EF1)	Greenwood	$160,000	This EF1 tornado formed west of Greenwood near the intersection of County Highways G and O. The tornado was only on the ground for about a mile but caused extensive damage to two farms. A barn roof was removed, a pole shed destroyed, power pole snapped and roof damage to an outbuilding.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	$50,000	A large tree was blown on to a business in Greenwood. Branches from the tree went through parts of the roof and the owner was temporarily trapped inside the business when the exit was blocked.
June 2024	Tornado (EF0)	Greenwood	$20,000	A very brief EF-0 tornado touched down damaging outbuildings and a barn south of Greenwood.
December 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	$10,000	A farm outbuilding was damaged near Greenwood.
September 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	$5,000	Trees and power lines were blown down in Greenwood.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	$2,000	Trees were blown down near Greenwood.
September 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	$2,000	Trees were blown down along State Highway 73 north of Greenwood.
June 2018	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	$2,000	Trees were snapped off in Greenwood.
September 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	$1,000	Trees were blown down near the Post Office in Greenwood.
September 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	$500	no account filed
August 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	$250	Trees were blown as thunderstorms passed, which blocked County Road MM.
July 2024	Flash Flood	Greenwood	-	Local officials reported water flowing over County Road O near Greenwood.
July 2023	Hail	Greenwood	-	Broadcast media reported penny sized hail near Greenwood.
July 2011	Funnel Cloud	Greenwood	-	Spotted near County Road MM west of Greenwood from a distance.
July 2008	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed
April 2006	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	-	no account filed
August 2006	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed
April 2002	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed
September 2000	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed
August 2000	Thunderstorm Wind	Greenwood	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed
May 1998	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed
August 1995	Hail	Greenwood	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Clark County

Map coverage status

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.

Sources for this property

National Archives record	The nomination case file for reference 82000643 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia article	Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Clark County	All 22 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.