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900 HIGGINS ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society

Property Record

900 HIGGINS ST

Architecture and History Inventory
900 HIGGINS ST | Property Record | Wisconsin Historical Society
NAMES
Historic Name:Wilson School
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Reference Number:63030
PROPERTY LOCATION
Location (Address):900 HIGGINS ST
County:Winnebago
City:Neenah
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PROPERTY FEATURES
Year Built:1948
Additions: 1952
Survey Date:2004
Historic Use:school – elem/middle/jr high/high
Architectural Style:Colonial Revival/Georgian Revival
Structural System:Unknown
Wall Material:Brick
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Demolished?:No
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NATIONAL AND STATE REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES
National/State Register Listing Name:Not listed
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NOTES
Additional Information:Red brick colonial revival school with stone trim and militaristic references with additions.

The 1981 map code is 52/34a on city engineers base map. The 2004 map code is 145/17a.

Kimberly School on S. Commercial Street, Neenah's first schoolhouse was established in 1847 and the city school system was created in 1875 with 660 students. At that time, there were seven school buildings and the Superintendent was T.T. Moulton. Expansion of the school system followed the population growth of the city and another grade school was needed in the southern portion of the First Ward by the mid- to late- 1940's. This need was answered by the construction of the Wilson School in 1948. The school opened for students in 1949 and a large addition was added just three years later. The first principal was Miss Evelyn Van Beek. The school continues to serve as the Wilson Elementary School.
Bibliographic References:A. Shattuck's History of Neenah, p.339. Shattuck, A History of Neenah, 394, 399.
RECORD LOCATION
Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin

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