The Clearing | |
 Entrance in 2011 | |
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| Location | Ellison Bay, Wisconsin |
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| Coordinates | 45°15′36″N 87°04′16″W / 45.259914°N 87.071009°W |
| Area | 125 acres (51 ha) |
| Built | 1935 |
| Architect | Jens Jensen; Hugh Garden |
| NRHP reference No. | 74000080[1] |
| Added to NRHP | December 31, 1974 |
The Clearing Folk School, usually called just The Clearing, is a 125-acre (0.51 km2) continuing education institution located near Ellison Bay, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded by Jens Jensen in 1935. A successful landscape architect, Jensen began acquiring a private summer estate in 1919; the estate, re-landscaped by Jensen, became the nucleus of the school.[2] Jensen was inspired by the folk high schools of his native Denmark.[3]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "The Clearing Folk School: About History". The Clearing Folk School. Retrieved June 7, 2022.
- ^ "The Clearing Folk School: About Folk School Tradition". The Clearing Folk School. Retrieved June 7, 2022.