In 1888, there was a short notice in the Stevens Point
newspaper which stated that William Waters was in town to settle maters with
the school board concerning the new Third ward school as well as call other
parties that were interested in working with Mr. Waters. The Oshkosh architect had also that year
supplied plans for the new Fifth Ward school, which used the same blueprints as
a school in Neenah. The Third Ward
school was a departure for Mr. Waters, all his schools were a least two
stories, so it seems odd that he designed a one-story schoolhouse.
The new school had the look of rural school and perhaps that
was because at the time the third ward was underdeveloped and sparsely populated. I have no information as to how long it
served or what ever became of the building.
I’ll update this post if more
information becomes available.
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