Hie Corner School
This school
was built in about 1894 on the corner of County Trunk V and County Trunk
T. This is just a few yards from the Portage-Waupaca County line about
18 miles east of Plover. The school functioned until the late 1940's Many
of the students belonged to the Borgan
family who lived in the area. When the society obtained the structure
from Mr. Loyal Borgan it was still on family land. At one time just before
World War II the school had so many students that a wall was built down
the middle to separate the two classes. As consolidation occurred with
largerschools the one room schools declined and this one was closed. Over
the next couple of decades the Borgan family used the site for storage
but it also saw a great deal of vandalism The front area was destroyed
and the slate boards stolen. When the society decided to move the building
the greatest difficulty was the height of the bell tower. The result was
that the school was cut into three pieces (bell tower, roof, and main room)
and moved that way. It was reassembled by cribbing up the roof and pulling
the main room under the raised roof. When complete the two parts were off
by 1/8 of an inch, the width of the saw blade needed to make the cut in
the first place. Most of the desks you see here were found in the attic
and refurbished to fit into this school.
