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Waconia’s first public school

Waconia’s first public school: one storey, 15 by 20 feet, with about 15 students.

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Through the years

Waconia’s first public school stood at this address from 1858 to 1875. It was a single storey, 15 by 20 feet, and held about 15 students.

In 1875 a second public school replaced it a block west, at 116 West 1st Street: 30 by 40 feet, twice as long and twice as wide.

Do you know what became of the little schoolhouse after 1875, or who taught there?

Memories, names and family photographs go into the association’s archive, kept with your name and in your own words.

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Sources

Photographs from the Waconia Heritage Association collection.

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