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History of Watertown,
Wisconsin
Lincoln School
Formerly site of Union
School No. 2
1873 Union
School #2 built 1850s, removed 1909, replaced with Lincoln, WHS_005_331
1908
12 11 Public
School No. 2, proposal to replace
1909
02 26 Ordinance authorizing the issue to bonds
preparatory to the building of school house
WG
04 02 Bids opened for New School House WG
04 09 Commissioner C. H. Jacobi resigns WG
04 09 Margaret McGrath
resigns, Lillie
Habhegger appointed, first grade teacher WG
04 23 Classrooms relocated during school
construction WG
04 30 Old
school demolished WG
12 31 Public Schools Open:
On account of unforeseen delays caused by the holidays, Lincoln School
will not open until Thursday, January 6, 1910; instead of Monday as formerly
planned. Time lost will be made up
during the spring vacation. All the
other schools will open Monday, January 3, 1910. Board of Education. WG
1910
02 11 New Lincoln School, open house WG
02 18 Lincoln School Dedicated. Hundreds of citizens visited the new Lincoln
school. The pupils of the school
furnished a very appropriate program in honor of the event and in honor of the
day, Saturday being Lincoln's birthday anniversary, after whom the school is
named. A fine bust of the late Abraham
Lincoln occupies a conspicuous place in the lower hall on the left as you enter
the building, and here the statue was unveiled and the exercises were held, the
pupils of the school and teachers being arranged on the stairways leading to
the upper story; all held small flags and waved them as they sang the Star
Spangled Banner. WG [FULL ARTICLE].
02 25 Teachers of Lincoln School entertain
teachers of public schools, members of school board WG
c1910, Lincoln
School assumed; Mary Crangle was principal for
many years.
04 29 Prince Charming. On the evenings of May 12 and 13, the beautiful
operetta, Prince Charming will be produced at Turner
Opera House by the pupils of Lincoln School, ably assisted by Misses
Genevieve Mullen and Meta Radtke and Mr. Frank
McAdams. The operetta consists of catchy
songs and spicy dialogue, and with its atmosphere of flower, fairy, and
moonlight, calcium lights and sweet music, it is decidedly the most beautiful
production ever seen on a Watertown stage.
Our citizens will have an opportunity of hearing Miss Genevieve Mullen,
whose sweet voice and gracious manner have won for their owner much deserved renown. . . . Parts taken by pupils of the school, the cast including one hundred
and forty. WG
1923
Kindergarten class, Lincoln School
1926
Third Grade class, Lincoln School
1929
Sixth Grade class, Lincoln School
1949
Lincoln School fire
1957
12 18 Headquarters for
area Civilian Defense communications; portion of the basement approved for
use WDT
1998
11 17 Lincoln School erected 50 years after
the original building burned down WDT
1999
08 29 Ed Kusel,
kindergarten, 1924, re-visits WDT
2009
09 29 Residents
take note of the new look to the outside of Lincoln school during the open
house. Renovations
done over the summer. Updates
included a new boiler, unit ventilators and added insulation, repairs and new
paint to the lockers, new entryway doors and glass block windows in the gym, a
new flagpole and landscaping, and new windows throughout the building. Also,
the school has been equipped with a programmable security system that can lock
the building immediately in an emergency . . . Lincoln school was built in 1949
after the previous school burned down in a fire. WDT
Image Portfolio
Lincoln School 1911, postcard
Lincoln School and Playground
1910, postcard
Cross References:
Mrs.
Ira O. Howe, formerly Miss Cora Bradbury, taught school in the old No. 2
Union School
