Washington High School (Two Rivers, Wisconsin)

Last updated May 19, 2024

Washington High School was a public high school in Two Rivers, Wisconsin.

History

The first public school in Two Rivers was built in 1866 for $5,000 at the site of the current city hall and named the H.P. Hamilton School. In 1905, it was moved to the back of the lot and a new, red brick high school was built for $80,000. It was also named the H.P. Hamilton School and would eventually become City Hall. Several years before the Community House renovation, the city debated tearing down that old building. They decided to do extensive remodeling instead. Today, the two buildings gaze upon one another across the historic Central Park.^[1]

During the 1930s and 1940s, Washington High's facilities were used for summer training by a number of professional football teams, including the Philadelphia Eagles ^[1] in 1941 and 1942,^{[ citation needed ]} the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Columbus Bullies ^[1] and the Chicago Rockets.^[2]

In 1976, the Washington High chess team won the United States national high school chess tournament. They had won the Wisconsin high school championship for four years running.^[3]

In April 2000, after a three-year battle, a referendum narrowly passed to demolish Washington and replace it with a new school, later named Two Rivers High School in 2002. Advocates of the demolition (including the school board) claimed that rehabilitation would be too expensive; Washington supporters claimed that the figures were being manipulated, and that the real goal was to move the high school to a more suburban setting ("a cornfield on the edge of town") outside the historical center of Two Rivers.^[4]^[5]

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include professional wrestler Ken Anderson, alias Mr. Kennedy. The father of U.S. Senator Thomas J. Walsh was in part responsible for the school being built, although the future Senator does not appear to have attended the school himself.

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References

1 2 3 "What Once Was Old Has Been Reborn" (PDF). Two Rivers Economic Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2012.
↑ "Two Rivers Camp Picked By Rockets" Milwaukee Journal March 31, 1947; p. 4, col. 8
↑ "Two Rivers Team Wins Chess Title" Milwaukee Journal May 3, 1976; p. 13, col. 3
↑ Beaumont, Constance E. with Elizabeth G. Pianca (November 2000). "Historic Neighborhood Schools in the Age of Sprawl: Why Johnny Can't Walk to School" (PDF). National Trust for Historic Preservation . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
↑ Jones, Meg (April 5, 2000). "Some school referendums pass, some fail in state". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

External links

1949 postcard of Washington High School from the State of Wisconsin Digital Collection

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[History-1] 1 2 3 "What Once Was Old Has Been Reborn" (PDF). Two Rivers Economic Development. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2012.

[2] "Two Rivers Camp Picked By Rockets" Milwaukee Journal March 31, 1947; p. 4, col. 8

[3] "Two Rivers Team Wins Chess Title" Milwaukee Journal May 3, 1976; p. 13, col. 3

[4] Beaumont, Constance E. with Elizabeth G. Pianca (November 2000). "Historic Neighborhood Schools in the Age of Sprawl: Why Johnny Can't Walk to School" (PDF). National Trust for Historic Preservation . Archived (PDF) from the original on 2010-10-19. Retrieved 2010-07-20.

[5] Jones, Meg (April 5, 2000). "Some school referendums pass, some fail in state". Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.

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