Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School
Marshfield, United States
Exterior only
Visible from the street; the inside is private.
Find out more
The Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School stands on Third Street in Marshfield, Wisconsin, a historic brick structure built in 1919 as the town's first junior high school. Designed by the Chicago firm Childs & Smith in the Collegiate Gothic style, the building was named in honor of a local soldier who died in World War I. A substantial 1926 addition, designed by La Crosse architects Parkinson & Dockendorff, more than tripled the building's original size. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992, the school remains a significant example of early twentieth-century educational architecture in Wisconsin.
Movement
- Built
- Type
- school building
- Materials
- brick
- Heritage
- listed in the Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places, National Register of Historic Places listed place
- Place
- Marshfield, United States
This building on
- WikidataWillard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School↗
- WikipediaWillard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School↗
Architecturally similar
Milwaukee Girls' Trade and Technical High SchoolMilwaukee, United States
Wahle-Laird HouseMarshfield, United States
Jump River Town HallJump River, United States
Saint Joseph SchoolWakefield, United States
Washington Irving High SchoolNew York, United States
Woodrow Wilson Junior High SchoolIndiana, United States
Woodville SchoolWakefield, United States
Madison Vocational SchoolMadison, United States
Location