Old Rock School (Dodgeville, Wisconsin)

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Old Rock School

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| image = Old Rock School.jpg

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| location = 914 Bequette St., Dodgeville, Wisconsin

| coordinates = {{coord|42|58|7|N|90|7|59|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Wisconsin#USA

| area =

| built = 1853

| architect = Carkeek, Thomas

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| added = December 18, 1978

| refnum = 78000101{{NRISref|2009a}}

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The Old Rock School in Dodgeville, Wisconsin is a school that was built in 1853 and converted into a private house in 1882. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978.{{cite web |title=Old Rock School|url=http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/Content.aspx?dsNav=N:4294963828-4294963813&dsRecordDetails=R:HI16187|publisher=Wisconsin Historical Society|accessdate=2016-10-25}}

It is a two-story building constructed of limestone rubble, with massive blocks of dressed limestone serving as quoins and lintels. It has a central chimney and a gable roof. Its interior dimensions are {{convert|22|ft|m}} by {{convert|36|ft|m}}. The school was converted into a one-family house in the 1890s and into a multiple unit residence in the 1950s.{{cite web|url={{NRHP url|id=78000101}}|title=National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Old Rock School|publisher=National Park Service |author=C.F. and J.M. Baime |date=June 1, 1978 |accessdate=January 22, 2017 }} with {{NRHP url|id=78000101|photos=y|title=photo from 1978}}

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