Williamstown High School

 

High School, 1926	High School, 1924	High School, 1942	Graded School Building

“On their regular meeting date, April 2nd, the Grant County Board of Education made a ruling to the effect that any lady, who should get married, after being elected a teacher or while under the employ of the Board as a teacher, would automatically cancel her agreement of contract with the Board of Education.”  Grant County News, April 6, 1928

The school building below, erected in 1890, was replaced by the school building above. The election to appropriate the money to do it was held on March 4, 1922.  It was snowing that day.  Out of an estimated voting populace of 750-800, the matter passed 398 to 99.  That's two-thirds voter turnout, in the snow, to support education.

Graded Free School, Williamstown,  1909	Graded School,  Williamstown	Graded Free School, Williamstown,  1922

 

Proposed Williamstown Sr. & Jr. High School

In 1860, the Williamstown Academy was chartered, and soon amended.

 

Williamstown High School, 1881
Offering Greek, Latin, French, and German
From a Facebook post by the Grant County Historical Society

 

Teachers, September, 1895

 

Williamstown High School, Class of 1942