It’s time once again for #FlashbackFriday with the Whitewater Historical Society. This week’s image is a rare one depicting the old Union School and Universalist Church at the corner of Center and Prairie Streets. On the left is the Union School, the second elementary school in Whitewater built in 1854. It was demolished for the old “Big Brick” elementary and high school built on this site in 1884. That building burned in 1927 and the site is today the “Big Brick Park.” The church is the Universalist Church, built in 1868-69. In 1921 it became “Salisbury Hall,” a cafeteria site for the Normal School (UWW). It sold subscription meals to both students and faculty. It burned in 1929 and houses were built on the site (southwest corner of Center and Prairie Streets). This image dates to c.1880.

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