The cornerstone of the Oshkosh Public Museum is the historic home of Edgar P. and Mary Jewell Sawyer. Designed by Oshkosh architect William Waters in a style reported as “Gothic and Old English,” the home was built in 1908 by C.R. Meyer Co. of Oshkosh. The prestigious Tiffany Studios of New York was contracted to
The Orville Beach Manual Training School was built on the Beach family property after the land and some money was donated for the construction. The school was designed by William Waters and built by Oshkosh contractor August Pitz in 1911-1912. The current address is 240 Algoma Boulevard and is used for commercial office space. Orville
Dale School was built in 1870, in the Italianate style. The building had a four room addition completed in 1889, and a second addition finished in 1908. It is located at the corners of Irving Avenue, Mount Vernon Street, and Dale Avenue. The school was used for the last time in 1981; it was then
In August 1925 plans were approved for a gymnasium building to be connected to the industrial education building of the Oshkosh High School complex. “The gymnasium building . . . will have a playing floor 60 x90 feet, with seating capacity, under ordinary conditions, for 1200. When to floor is not in use for
William Waters and Henry Auler were selected as architects for a new high school in 1914. This was the third structure on this site and was attached and in front of the brick school constructed in 1903. The new building was in the Neoclassical Revival Style featuring stone exterior, large columns, pedimented doorway, and hooded
The Oshkosh Public Library was built on the site of the home of Marshall and Abby Harris in 1899-1900. Harris, an Oshkosh lumberman, died in 1890. Abby Harris died in 1895 leaving “the balance of her estate … in trust for a public library to be built and maintained upon the Harris homestead property …