{"id":2232,"date":"2023-04-17T22:38:10","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T22:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2232"},"modified":"2023-04-17T23:10:10","modified_gmt":"2023-04-17T23:10:10","slug":"wisconsin-gop-county-parties-raise-concerns-about-little-white-schoolhouse-move-delisting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2232","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin GOP County Parties Raise Concerns About \u2018Little White Schoolhouse\u2019 Move, Delisting"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wisconsinrightnow.com\/little-white-schoolhouse\/<\/a><\/p>\n

The Fond du Lac County and Milwaukee County Republican parties are opposing the relocation of the Little White Schoolhouse \u2013 where the national Republican Party was born \u2013 because it will result in the historic building being automatically delisted from the National Register of Historic Sites and the National Landmark Registry.<\/p>\n

However, the Little White Schoolhouse was moved anyway on April 17, 2023, dramatic video and photos show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are extremely disappointed that the Ripon Chamber of Commerce has chosen to disregard this decision and move forward with their plans to move the Little White Schoolhouse despite the consequences,\u201d said Timothy Bachleitner, chairman of the Fond Du Lac County Republican Party.<\/p>\n

Continued Bachleitner, \u201cMoving forward, we urge the Ripon Chamber of Commerce to reconsider their decision and find a more suitable location that meets the necessary criteria for listing in both programs and would allow the building\u2019s status as a National Historic Landmark to be restored.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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Republican Party of Milwaukee chairman Hilario Deleon said in a press release today,\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a clear tactic by a Progressive leftist chamber of Commerce, attempting to erase the <\/em><\/span>Republican Parties Abolitionist root and Foundation. Disregarding the recommendation made by <\/span>the National Historic Landmark and National Register of Historic Places is deeply disturbing, <\/span>especially around the 158th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln\u2019s assassination. We at the RPMC <\/span>will not allow our Anti-Slavery History to be shoved under the rug. The RPMC fully stand <\/span>United with the Republican Party of Fond du Lac County in taking all necessary action to <\/span>preserve the Historical significance of our HOME.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

The Republican Party was born in the small schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, out of the anti-slavery movement.<\/p>\n

\u201cA meeting in this simple, one story clapboard and frame schoolhouse on March 20, 1854, and another in Jackson, Michigan, on July 6, to protest passage of the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which permitted the extension of slavery beyond the limits of the Missouri Compromise, drew dissatisfied Whigs, Free Soilers, and Democrats. These meetings were the first of those that led to the formation of the Republican Party,\u201d says the website Ripon1854.com.<\/a><\/p>\n

The schoolhouse is open for visits and guided tours. In addition, the website says, the Little White Schoolhouse is \u201cwhere Alvan E. Bovay gave the name \u2018Republican\u2019 to a new political party.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The decision to move the Little White Schoolhouse dates to last September,<\/p>\n

According to a September 2022 article in the Ripon Press, <\/a>the schoolhouse is being moved adjacent to a former credit union, which will be turned into a \u201csouvenir shop, multimedia display, and bathrooms.\u201d The current schoolhouse lacked bathrooms and the move is supposed to increase its visibility, the article states.<\/p>\n

The Ripon Historic Preservation Commission approved the move, stating that the Little White Schoolhouse was previously moved five times. In addition, the article stated, there would be more parking and the \u201copportunity to expand,\u201d and the land would be donated by a Ripon resident.<\/p>\n

The Little White Schoolhouse stood at its location since 1949, where it was moved after a hotel burned down, according to the Ripon Press, which added that the goal was to highlight Ripon in time for the 2024 Republican National Convention.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur county party recently submitted an open records request regarding the proposed relocation of the Little White Schoolhouse to 1074 West Fond du Lac Street, in Ripon,\u201d said the Fond du Lac County GOP\u2019s head.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe received a copy of a letter written by the Wisconsin Historical Society and sent to the Ripon Chamber of Commerce, as well as local, state and national officials which informed the recipients that the National Historic Landmark and National Register of Historic Places programs jointly determined that moving the building to the proposed location was not appropriate. As a result, the move was not approved and would result in automatic delisting from the National Register of Historic Sites and the National Landmark Registry,\u201d Bachleitner wrote.<\/p>\n

A March 20, 2023, letter from Daina Penkiunas, of the State Historic Preservation Office,\u00a0 says that both the National Historic Landmark and National Register of Historic Places Programs determined that moving the building to 1074 West Fond du Lac Street \u201cis not appropriate\u201d and the property \u201cwill be automatically delisted\u201d if it\u2019s moved.<\/p>\n

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According to Bachleitner\u2019s statement, the Republican Party of Fond du Lac County \u201cbelieves that delisting the property will have serious implications for the building\u2019s historical significance. We believe that the Little White Schoolhouse is a crucial part of Fond du Lac County\u2019s history, and we remain committed to ensuring its spot on both registries. We also recognize that it is vital to respect the National Historic Landmark and National Register of Historic Places Programs\u2019 decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

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