Wasmer Elementary School, ca. 1905
Forty-five students and two teachers pose on the steps of Wasmer Elementary School in about 1905. The two-room, high-basement brick elementary school was completed in 1886. It faced north in the 1600 block of West Division Street, part of the Wasmer Subdivision in southwest Grand Island's Third Ward. Wasmer was the third brick schoolhouse in Grand Island. A two-room addition came in 1913 and the structure was completely rebuilt in 1926. Originally known as the 3rd Ward School, it became known as Wasmer in honor of Charles Wasmer, the Grand Island businessman who donated the land for the school from his subdivision.

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