Niebull School House

The Niebull School is an 1897 school house, originally located in the Town of Big Flats, Adams County Wisconsin. In 1964 the Adams County Board voted to move the abandoned building to the Adams County Fairgrounds. A committee was established consisting of school teachers and PTA members. They were to relocate the school, providing their labor at no charge. There, the restoration of the school took place. The Board allotted the committee the amount of $500 for restoration purposes. December of 1998, the school house received a much needed $4,500 re-roofing using historically correct cedar shakes.

At 2:00 AM, Thursday, January 3, 2002, the Niebull schoolhouse moved out of the fairgrounds, east on Lake Street and south on Main Street through downtown Friendship to its new home by the McGowan House Museum. The move was accomplished by a wonderful coordinated effort of Peterson Movers of Nekoosa, Adams County Sheriff’s Department, Adams County Fair Board, Adams County Highway Department, State of Wisconsin Highway Department, the various utility companies: Alliant Energy, Verizon, Encompass and particularly Charter Cable, who donated their work at no charge to the Society.

Here is a photographic tour of the school using pictures taken in Aug of 1979. You can click on any of the thumbnails to view each picture or start with the first and view the tour in order. Please be patient as the pictures are slow to load. Enjoy.

Photos provided by the Adams County Historical Society