#FlashbackFriday with the Historical Society: East Side School’s new wing completed in 1955

It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society.

For our last image of the historic East Side School, we present this view of the old school with the new wing completed in 1955. The “baby boom” resulted in much school construction, including a new west side elementary school in 1953 and a new high school in 1959. Around 1961, the elementary schools were given new names and this building became the Washington School. Then, in 1966, the old section of the building was demolished and a new central core building was attached to the 1955 wing. Finally, around 2002, the 1955 wing was demolished in favor of a modern wing and the school, as it exists mostly today, resulted.

Join us next week for more from the Whitewater Historical Society.

(3689P, Whitewater Historical Society)

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