The village of Niagara Wisconsin nestled along the bank of
the Menomonee River did not exist until 1900.
Kimberly- Clark built a mill there and a village to go with it. The paper company had done this before when
it established a mill just north and east of Appleton and named the town
Kimberley. William Waters had a long
history with the company, having designed an office building and plans for a
house which was built by both Mr. Clark and Mr. Shattuck. He was
asked to design a school for embryonic community and perhaps plans for housing
as well. Where once there was a
wildness there soon was a village of streets lined with tidy cottages, churches,
and a school.
The school was a wooden frame structure which sat on a stone
foundation. The plan was not unlike the
schools the architect had planned earlier in his career, but more utilitarian look
about the design. The school served
until the early 1920’s and was replaced by brick building.
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