Through the years
- 1875The second public school, 30 by 40 feet, opens here
- Late 1800sThe Waconia Fire Department Band poses out front
- 1895A two-storey brick school, 40 by 60 feet
- 1904Photographers on its roof record the cyclone damage
- 1918Demolished. Its materials help build the new school on Walnut Street.
The story
In 1875 Waconia’s second public school opened here, 30 by 40 feet. It served for more than 15 years, and the building is now part of the old VFW building at 125 West 1st Street. The Waconia Fire Department Band posed in front of it in the late 1800s.
In its place came a two-storey brick school, 40 by 60 feet. Photographers climbed its roof in the early 1900s for several of the association’s views of the town, and again after the cyclone of 20 August 1904 to record the damage.
The brick school was demolished in 1918. Materials salvaged from it went into the new public school on Walnut Street.
