Principals of Kenosha High School

Z. C. Graves	1849	Kenosha High School 1849
John M. Coe	1850-51
John G. McMynn	1851-1853
D.T. DeWolf	1853-1857
John G. McKindley	1857-1859
Thos. J. Conatty	1859-1861
Geo. Conant	1861-1862
Isaac Stone	1862-1864
H.M. Simmons	1864-1865
G.S. Albee	1865-1868
D.F. Hicks	1868-1869
H.O. Durkee	1869-1874
G.C. Bannon	1874-1876
T.P. Maryatt	1876-1878
J.R. Goffe	1878-1879
T. Hubbard	1879-1880
C.H. Leach	1880-1888
W. J. Pollock	1888-1890
F. Cleary	1890-1893
E.C. Wiswall	1893-1902
W.J. Hammill	1902 -

Kenosha High School Graduates 1861-1899

The following was transcribed by Michelle Laycock
From the "WSGS Newsletter, Vol. 29, No. 2, September 1982" This list is posted with the permission of the Kenosha County Genealogy Society

Class of 1861 E. L. GRANT J. V. QUARLES Chauncey BALDWIN G.F. STARTWEATHER Jas. P. NIXON Sereno FISKE Wm E. SMITH Susie M. VEAZIE (WAKEMAN) Rebecca E. JONES (APPLEGATE)	Class of 1862 C. F. JILSON Mary A. BLISH R. B. LINES Annie E. GILLET E. F. PARKER Ruth S. PITKIN Chas. QUARLES Clara A. GOFFE (WATERS) Geo. A. MARR Fannie WHEELER (MARR) W. J. ENGLISH Amelia DOOLITTLE (CAPRON)	Class of 1863 Lucy DOAN Edward H. DURKEE Louisa HYNES James HANNAN Mary JENNE (WILLIAMS) Roselle N. JENNE Alfred D. LEWIS Frank H. LYMAN Maggie McKINNEY (POLK) Anna JOHNSON (ENSIGN) Nettie PATTERSON (GAYLORD) Anna E. RHODES (LONGLEY)
Class of 1864 none	Class of 1865 Ellen BARTER (SHOVE) Ada Doan (BENTLEY) Sarah DABBS Cornelia FRANCIS (SMITH) Olivia LEONARD (FINK) Anna STANTON	Class of 1866 none
Class of 1867 Celia ENGLISH (BAILEY) Libbie WINEGAR (TAYLOR) Celia GIBBINS Emma MERRILL	Class of 1868 none	Class of 1869 none
Class of 1870 none	Class of 1871 Mary C. GEORGE Fannie HANNAN	Class of 1872 none
Class of 1873 none	Class of 1874 Fannie WHITAKER Emma THIERS Jennie TARBELL Sarah ADAMSON Louise WOOD	Class of 1875 Addie LIEBER Nettie SEELEY Allie ROBINSON
Class of 1876 Clarence VAN WIE Fred RANNEY Nellie PIERCE Totie SEELEY Mary NICOLL Emma ATKINSON Julia ALLEN	Class of 1877 Arthur D. WHEELER Medora HEAD	Class of 1878 Helen HASTINGS Jennie HASTINGS Minnie STARTWEATHER Etta HANNAHS Anna MURPHY Jennie MARYATT Cora JENNINGS Anna GIBBONS
Class of 1879 David NICOLL Ada TARBELL Ada MILLER (MARKHAM)	Class of 1880 Maud MILLER (ROBINSON) Cora CAVANAUGH Ada GRANT (WILLIAMS) Ella GEORGE (WILLIAMS) Louis KINNEY Frank LEONARD	Class of 1881 Zalmon STEBBINS Hattie LIMPERT (McKENZIE) Lizzie A. O'BRIEN Ella McKENNA (ADAMS) Kittie D. HEAD (WILSON)
Class of 1882 Annie E. BUDDEN Florence E. MARSH (BELL) Belle E. SLOSSON Susie E. STONDT (MELVILLE) Cora E. SUTHERLAND (SKINKLE)	Class of 1883 Annie ADAMSON Sarah ADAMSON Kate HOWLAND Bessie MOTH Annie KNUDSON	Class of 1884 Henry J. HASTINGS Ada HOLBROOK Nellie RAFFERTY (CARROLL) Nellie O'BRIEN (DEVLIN) Mary E. ADAMS (HOLTON)
Class of 1885 Herbert WARD Eva BEACHELL (GROVER) William SCHROEDER Myron BAKER	Class of 1886 Herbert JOHNSON Lizzie ZWEENIE (WHITE) Carrie BRAY	Class of 1887 Chas. LEONARD Alex LUNDQUIST Frank E. ANDRE Robt. E. HOLDERNESS Laura B. ANDRE Lottie SCHROEDER (KOEHLER) Josie E. MARTEEN(EICHLMANN)
Class of 1888 Miller UTTER Susie ROWE Kate MITCHELL Daisy LANE	Class of 1889 Norman L. BAKER Marie KEATING Winnefred MARTINE Walter DEXTER Mamie ROBERTS (BEHRENS)	Class of 1890 Mary McNAMARA (WILINSON) Day STUART Louis WARD Alice M. KEARNS Henry PLUMMER Oscar HANSEN Charles YULE
Class of 1891 Annie BUTCHER Hattie BUTCHER (AMES) Mamie FRANTZ (ANDRE) Eva LEWIS (STOCKING) Jennie McCLELLAN Bessie McCLELLAN (STOLLE) Mary McCLELLAN Emma MOELLER Ella PRIDDIS (PFENNING) Lulu MEYERS (SHERIDAN) Lois NORTHWAY Alice TONER Lizzie LYNCH	Class of 1892 Christmas HARRISON Matie MALONEY Belle HOLMES Anna M. KRISTENSEN Clara E. ROBINSON Nina G. YOKHAN (BROWN)	Class of 1893 Eddie DeDIEMAR Benj. CURTISS Delia HANSEN Hazel LEONARD (SINGLETON) Bessie SHERWOOD David THELEEN Nellie MALONEY
Class of 1894 Lillian LIPPERT Gertrude MEYERS Andrew J. O'DONNELL Edna B. WASHBURN LaMaude YULE	Class of 1895 Chas. H. BECKER Ethlyn BULLAMORE (ROWELL) Geneveve A. CHAFFEE Edna L. GOLDTHROP Nellie M. KINGSLAND John Q. LYMAN Gertrude LEWIS (McNEIL) Peter C. SHEARER Una M. SLATER Ella A. TONER Thos. J. TONER Lossie E. TOREY (DeDIEMAR)	Class of 1896 Olga MILLER William JOCHIM Clara NEWBERRY (BURGESS) Harry M. COOPER George R. SUTHERLAND Emma L. HANSEN Ethel J. GRANT (QUARLES) Alvin BLOOD Julia PORTWINE (STUMBAUGH) Belle CABLE Lucy BACON Herbert SHEARER Norman SHEARER Anna McHUGH Clara BARTER Jennie SLOSSON (HOLLISTER) Clark HOLLISTER
Class of 1897 Thornwald E. ABEL Alice M. ADAMSON Francis A. BARTE Belle BLACKMAN (FRANTZ) Kate BLACKMAN Honora R. CARR John J. HEGEMAN Jacob KRONCKE Anna KRONCKE Hub. W. McDERMOTT Lottie M. ROGERS Caroline M.RUSSELL (BLACKMANN) Elizab. A. SYMMONDS Lucy B. SAWINSKY Chas. B. WERVE Alice L. WILLIAMS Myra L. MYRICK	Class of 1898 Henry R. BIENEMAN Calista M. DUFFEY Letitia DeDIEMAR Dora FOSH Isabel A. GILLESPIE Chas. F. HARTUNG Bessie HILL Bessie C. HURD Theodore J. LANE Mamie J. MICO Katie PETRIE Lizzie PETRIE Maud A. PRIDDIS Millie RAHR Florence SPENCE Mabel TILLOTSON Alma WEISKOPF Ima B. WISWALL	Class of 1899 Lulu ROWBOTTOM Blanche ADAMSON Inger ARNTZEN Frances CHARLES Calixta ENGLISH Cora FRANTZ Mae RYAN Lucy ROGERS Edna MARKHAM Sadie LARNER Paul LEEMAN Annah KIRKEBERG Henry KLEIFIELD

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"Kenosha High School History and Annual" published in 1903

Kenosha High School Graduates 1900-

Class of 1900 Addie BARTER Anna BLAHA Gracie ELLIS Cora GRAVES Genevieve ROBLEE Roy HOLDERNESS Cora MILLER Elizabeth FILBEN Mary NEWELL Frank ROWBOTTOM Frances BARRETT Frank BLOOD Edna GRIFFIN Fred PETTIT Alice STEVENS Edith MURDOCK Emma CASTLE Arthur GAINES Lydia PETERSON Loretta TONER Zilla WISWALL Belle ANDERSON Grace WERVE Anna PORTWINE Theodore ABEL Mamie TONER Julia DONLEY Amy SHEARER Arthur HOLDERNESS Elga SHEARER Emily HUNT	Class of 1901 Lottie E. HANNAHS Benjamin A. ROBINSON Mabel L. WINDSOR Mary E. BACON Edna Louise HOLDERNESS Mollie DERBYSHIRE Tesse C. JACKSON Elsie M. GRAY Bessie Gertrude WHITCHER Robert W. ALLEN Russell Gray BULLAMORE Charles Frederic SMITH Elsie Josephine DeDIEMAR Mamie Barbara DENTON Viola Frances HUCK Eda Charlotte MALM Celia A. PIRSCH Rose Alya RYAN Ellen Elizabeth UPSON Minnie Emeline WERVE James Hanbury CHARLES, Jr.	Class of 1902 Edward Lawton VAN INGEN John VAN INGEN Virginia Jeanette WULFF George James Lynn HANNAHS Mary Ellen O'HARE Bertholf Marsh PETTIT Ethel May SHANDREW Mayme Francis BRADY Marian Belle HALE Maude Stewert BENEDICT Herman A. HOEHN Mabelle Marian HUCK Luella Belle LAKE Carrie Constance PIRSCH Edith Mae SNYDER Elvin Lyle WISWALL Marian Alice WINEGAR August Willard KEUCK Leone Constance KRISTENSEN James Warren BLAIR Edna Louise CABLE Walter Martin BURKE Edith Louise FULLER Mary HANSEN Mary Aloysius HUNT Lillian Cora JACKSON Milton Alex KENT Russel Rosler RIPLEY Gustav D. THELEEN
Class of 1903 Richard P. CAVANAGH Reginald H. FARR Ruby Mable KIRK Cyril John KUPFER Fred William MURDOCH Ward ABRAM ROWBOTTOM Mary Edith STEVENS Theresa Catherine TOBIN Flora Belle BRODERICK Caroline Mary FONK Mamie C. HARTUNG Stella Anna KARCHER Albert E. OZANNE Florence Belle SHIELD Eleanor L. SMITH Frank A. SCHNUCKEL Edith Gertrude WALLIS Edith Agnes WINBERG Margaret E. BOHRN Laura J. CAMFIELD Roy Lawrence DONLEY Charles E. HARBAUGH Elmer J. MITCHELL Cornelia Belle ROYCE Ray Mark ROYCE	Class of 1904 Clara Margaret CARTER Josephine Dorothy COOPER Una Genevieve GRIFFIN Joseph Eugene LIPPERT Brosia May WILLIAMS Clayton Ervin STEVENS Isabelle Louise KARNELL John Byron SLATER George Irving GIBBS Edith Mary HANSEN Irene Caroline LILLEY Robert Orsted NICOLL Katherine Rosalind MILBRATH Ida May LEWIS Emily Strong LYMAN Munson PADDOCK James Grover McNAMARA Dexter Pennoyer KENT Edwin Swezey LAMB Ethel Alyne FARRILL Camilla Belle DALE Jennie Cena HANSEN Frances Gertrude LUNDQUIST Frances Marion THOMAS Agnes Lauretta O'HARE	Class of 1905 Perdita Irene DEWEY Margaret Veronicka PIRSCH Mary Cecilia FARLEY Edna Louise REITH Naomi Elizabeth HOSEFROSS Addie Lorraine TAYLOR Florence Ruth MELVILLE Marjorie Ethel TONER Alfred MILLER Nettya Ethel WAGNER Mary Sophia PETERSON Edith Elizabeth BARTER Joseph Francis MATTHEWS Anna Louise GONNERMANN May Elizabeth McNAMARA Christine JORGENSEN Fred Hubert RIPLEY Mary Elizabeth LANGAN Albert Julius TANCK Francis Josiah LYMAN Eva Minnie THELEEN Florence Edith BARR Fred Steel MORSE Will Lieber BARTER William O'DONNELL Louise Edna CABLE John Orth ROGERS Nellie Edith GUSTAFSON Margaret Marie ZIEVERS Lawrence William HANSEN
Class of 1906 Margaret Edna ADAMS Ethel Janet BENNET Emma Louise BRISTER Winnifred Anise CARTER Catherine Winifred FARLEY Harrold Sullivan FARRILL Mathilda HANSEN Carla Marie HELDING Anna Elizabeth PARRY Ethel Marie PETERS Catherine Dorothy SLATER Marguerite Jessie WENK Francis William CURTIS Aimee Susan FROST Ralph GAMBLE Helen Cecilia JENSEN William Edward KIRK Mabel Frances LAMPE Catherine Frances LARNER Celia Josephine PIRSCH Rena Belle SHUART Ellen Bullamore WALDO Emma Belle WALDO Margaret Jen WALDO Jennie Mae WINNEGAR Florence Belle HUNT Anna Winifred LANGAN Horace George MADDOCK Jean Margaret O'HARE Fannie Johanna PRINGLE Marguerite Louise QUINN Alice May QUINN Lora Ann ROGERS Edna Marian SCHUMACHER Jay Walter SCHUMACHER Maude Ethel SMITH Helen Marie STEMM Minnie Owenetta TOBIN Clarence Conrad VOLLMER Frances Amelia WHITAKER	Class of 1907 Gertrude Ella ALLEN Lawrence Merrill BALDWIN Jos. Philip BENDT Josephine Viola EDDY Myra Florence GRIFFIN Mary Elizabeth JACKSON Evalyn Kathryn KELLEY Minnie Marie LARSEN John Stebbins LOOMIS Mary Marguerite MILLER Esther Victoria TANCK Mamie Claudia ZENA Agnes Elsa EGGERS Clarence Eugene HEAD Elizabeth Katherine JACOB Charlotte Louise KENT Myrtle Viola KIEHL Mary Gertrude SPARTZ Laura Veronica FOSTER Jay Barr GLERUM Anna Charlotte HANSEN Ralph Sydney KINGSLEY Julia Margaret LUDLOW Jean Sophia MURDOCK Florence Grace PRICE Martha Margaret ROBINSON	Class of 1908 Bentley Leon BARBOUR Doris Elizabeth BAILEY Laura Lillian BLOOD Ralph Y. COOPER Charlotte GRIFFITH Clarian Beachel GROVER Clara Alma HERGERT Caddie Ellen HILL Carl IVERSON Charles Steven JACKSON Ida Caroline LINDAS Harriet Hollister LEWIS Christine Viola VAN LIERE May Belle WHITAKER Ralph George CURTIS Theodore Matthew FONK Lucy Jane ROGERS Eugene Moore SHUART Frances WEISKOPF Ethel BLUSH Etta Louise LEARNED Leslie George LEASE Grace Katherine LIEGLER Sydney D. MADDOCK Laura Marie MAGILL Vincent James PENNEFEATHER Carrie SCHNUCKEL Ruby May TILLOTSON
Class of 1909 Alvin J. BIENEMANN Constance M. BARDEN John W. CABLE Evelyn CARNEY Leo CARR Mabel E. CALLAHAN Thomas C. CUNNINGHAM Marion DAGNAN Bernadette ENGLISH Marguerite V. ENGLISH Mollie E. FAY Alberta KRATZ Katharine D. LANGAN Mary Ellen McCLOSKEY Lewis J. McGONEGLE Katharine E. McGIVERN George F. O'HARE Ervin W. OLLE Florence C. PENNEFEATHER Katharine RYAN Eva SCHULTZ Verna ZOLLER	Class of 1910 Hazel Marguerite BELAND Ruth Frances CASTERTON Vivian Persis DEWEY Emma Pauline LARSEN Edith Loretta MATTSON John Ritchie PURNELL Wilfred DRATH Miriam Bailey FROST William GREENWALD Carl Marshall HUCK Christie Cecilia HILL Nathalie Barbara MILBRATH Ella Victoria NORLANDER Milton Charles OTTO Arthur Leonard REDEEN Emily Ellen ROBINSON Glenn David SPOOR Leo SPOOR Arthur STEMM Arthur WEISKOPF Glenn Gould BALCOM Clara Sophia BOHM Esther Johanna KOHLMAN Mamie Christina MEYER Amy Marie PENNEFEATHER Frances May PRICE Leith Charles TIMME Fred E. WESTINE Ruth Eleanor WILLERTON	Class of 1911 Laura Augusta BALDWIN Elizabeth Lou GITZEN Ruby May HILL Edith Lucile HOLT Margaret Beatrice KINGSLEY Mildred Louise MYRICK Amy Fay NEWMAN Bessie Charlotte BENDT Ben Stalker BUCKMASTER Ruth Ellen GARLAND Nellie Charlotta GUSTAFSON Ethel Marion HILL Edna Lucille HIEDERSDORF Cyrill H. KOTZ Genevieve Ruth KELLEY Nellie LILLEY Evelyn May LONGMORE Ramona PADDOCK Aileen Marie SHEPARD Charles THOMAS Joseph THOMAS Clara Luella ALDERSON Marguaretta Mae DAVIS Maybell Elizabeth HALLETT Helena Bernice HAMMOND Patricia Christina HANSEN Thora MICKELSON Catherine Blanche NOVACK Frances Cecilia O'HARE Mary Grace ROBINSON Grace Ellen SHIELDS George W. ANDERSON Rose MEREDITH John E. NOVACK Erna Fredericka PABST
Class of 1912 Celia May BARTELL Paul George BOEHM Marrian Jane BRISTER Harwood EDWARDS Gladys V. GOTTLIEB Robert W. LILLEY Paul Arthur WINDESHEIM Richard H. BARDEN Charles Edson HARDY Eleanor Irene JOERNDT Louis W. NELSON Ebba E. NORLANDER Alex Joseph OLSHEFSKY Mary Adelaide PILCHER Walter G. THOMPSON Gladys Mary TRENARY Edward VAN LIERE Teresa ZENS Marguerite J. HARBAUGH Josephine SMITH Ada TILLOTSON John MANGEL Harold J. TONER George J. TENNESSEN Margaret V. CAVANAUGH Marion M. GAMBLE Eunice C. HAMMAR Minnie R. KIRCHNER Francis MAYER Marie McCAFFREY	Class of 1913 George BECKER May BETZER Ernest BOSTETTER Carotta COOPER Herbert CURTIS Lawrence EASTMAN Marian HAVENS Helen HOCKENBERGER Eva HUFF Irvine MAINLAND Viola MARTINSON Paul MATTSON Florence PENNEFEATHER Harry WALLIS Ethel WYMAN Ewald YONK Bessie CHILDREN Lester CROOK Lettie GULEMBO Louisa GULEMBO Gordon HACKETT Mary JONES Kathryn LANGAN Pauline MAYER Ralph McELWAIN May MELVILLE Elsie BARTELT Ted BOSTETTER Esther CABLE Guy CLARK Vivian DABBS George DRESCHER Walter GETSCHMAN Byron HILL Hazel HOLDERNESS Marie MARTIN Edward NICOLL Bessie SCHULIEN Ralph SKINKLE Sam STERN Mildred JOERNDT Alice KOHLMAN Mary McCLOSKEY Genevieve SHIELDS	Class of 1914 Josephine BEECHER Carl Alfred CARLSON Kenneth EASTMAN Hazel McDONALD Kenneth MAINLAND Alice McCALL Natalie McKENZIE Clarence PARKER Lester SIEDSCHLAG William BAKER Gordon BROWN Leita CROSBY Clarence HERRMANN Titania HILL Earl HOLT Mark KINDT Caroline KIRCHNER Elsa NELSON Myrtle PERKINS May PLUMMER Ingleborg RUDD Earl SCHMITZ Kenneth WHITE Amy WICKHAM Russell BENEDICT James BRADY Ethel DeBOOY Alma HANSEN Adelaide HOMOLYA Omer KUPFER Harold PICKEN Mary SORENSON Esther TACKI Hildur BERGSTROM Lulu CHRISTENSON Lucile HARMAN Otto HAUBRICH
Class of 1915 Irene Virginia BARDEN Edward Louis ABRAMOFSKY Russell Everett MAINLAND Francis Isabelle KING Karl Abert WINDESHEIM Ruth Marie EPSTEIN Lillian Carol REIDENBACH Nora Catherine HALLISEY Helen Angeline BARDEN Irwin MARTINSON Harriet Angeline KUPFER Margery Kathleen BARBOUR George B. GROVER Margaret Emily GIBBON Chester Seymour HUBBARD Jessie Mae HILL Althea E. BETZER James Harold GREEN Howard Roland FINK Henry B. GULBRANSON Helen Elizabeth McELWAIN Sophie Alyce DIETZ Elmer William WINDSOR Florence Emmy NELSON Dean A. BUCKMASTER Alice Bertha HALE Thomas James ROONEY Esther Charity HEYMAN Francis William HACKETT Mrytle Irene CROW Raymond Philip WINBERG Mildred M. GETSCHMAN Herbert E. MATTHEWS Phillip William VOLTZ Blanche Isabel DRIVER Elizabeth Leona VETTER Esther Helena TURKELSON Pauline Ruth LILLEY Lawrence Hughes EICHELMAN Zenas Harmon PILCHER Julius NIELSEN Arthur Henry SMITH Florence Elizabeth CARLSON Arthur Newby GAIL Margaret HARMAN Gladys Elizabeth ROCK Esther L. HUXHOLD Norine Eveline JOHNSON Regina Frances CARR Annabelle May JONES Margaret Mary KENNEDY Clarence A. ZIEVERS Leita M. CROSBY Gilbert Edward STEFFEN Thomas William CRONIN Nels Kirkaberg ANDERSON Ruth Pauline BENEDICT Laurel Dorothy BUSH Augusta Amelia HANSEN Lawrence Martin JENSEN Helen Elizabeth MURPHY Mabel Martha SCHLEYER Delilah Laura BALTEZORE Gertrude Lena ZIMDARS Raymond SANDT Pearl Lillian BOSTETTER Rudolph Lawrence DERGANZ Madeline Amelia MINKEL Glynn D. WELCH	Class of 1916 coming soon	Class of 1917 coming soon
Class of 1918 Bessie BILLS Ray BRUCE Lucy Pauline COOPER Harriet Louise FARLEY Benjamin Morris CASUL Edith Amy HASTINGS Kenneth Charles MILLER Jack Blanchard MURPHY Edmund Joseph PENNEFEATHER William Henry PURNELL, Jr. Lester Estell SWANK John R. BILLS Harriet Alyce BRISTER Humphrey John COOPER Helen Julia ESKUCHE Marie Elida FONTAINE Margaret Josephine FOWLER James Vernon GRAY Augusta Amelia HANSEN Frank Gordon KETCHAM Gladys Marie LETSOM Floyd Elmer NELSON Paul Frederick PICKER Byron Chester REDEEN Gertrude Frances REITH Margaret Coulmann STEVENS Esther Marie TEMPLEMAN Lillian Marie WOLF Carrie Alyce BAUN Jack Edward BRUCE, Jr. Henrietta K. GOTTFREDSEN Lucile Dena HILL Alice Marie HUDSON James Joseph HUNT Winifred Lessoe LARSON Roy Mitchel LOVEJOY Beatrice LOWE Royden Arthur KEENE Earl Allen RANDALL Marie Antoinette RATIGAN William Ryan MARTELLA Maude SEAVER Richard Edward SCHNELL Frank Bernard SWITALSKI Chester Robert WILSON Edna Florence ANDERSON Pearl Yvonne CAREY Minnie Charlotte ERICKSON Leona Richardia JOERNDT Mary A. PARTINGTON Florence Cecilia GRAUGAARD Laura Emily LEITING Minnie Alvina KNAUTZ	Class of 1919 coming soon	Class of 1920 coming soon
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Kenosha High School Historical Information

The Present High School As published in "The City of Kenosha and Kenosha County Wisconsin: A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement" by Frank H. Lyman Vol. 1, The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago, 1916. p. 193 In January, 1890, the council voted an appropriation of $10,000 for a new high school. After considerable disagreement over the selection of an architect, F. S. Allen was finally chosen, March 4, 1890. On March 5th, the heating and ventilating system was settled upon, the Ruttan system being chosen, after a committee of the board had visited Chicago and Rockford to investigate; contract, $2,100. In May, Mr. Allen submitted plans and specifications. On June 5th, bids from five contractors, two local and three out of town, were received. Later all bids were rejected, and plans for a smaller building called for. The first plans anticipated future needs, and their rejection was a mistake, fully demonstrated before the lapse of half a decade. Only one bid was received upon Mr. Allen's modified plans, that of Wm. M. Rowe of Kenosha. He was awarded the contract, for $34,810, with an allowance for the old building of $900. The treasurer's record of these days cannot be found; but examination of the minutes of the board produces items, for the various expenses of construction, including the architect's fees, and seating ($1,500), which amount to $45,500. This may be taken as a fairly accurate figure, for the original structure. At commencement time in 1891, the building was sufficiently near completion to admit of the exercises being held there. When first occupied, the lower floors and two class rooms in the second floor were used for the grades. As high school demands increased, the grade rooms on the second floor were made into an assembly room, by the removal of a partition. The grades were confined to the first floor. In 1894, the auditorium was seated with opera chairs, at a cost of $400, and in 1905 some needed sanitary changes were made at an additional cost of $2,325. Total cost of building to this date, 1905, $47,200. In June, 1905, the board began considering the enlargement of the high school building. An addition to the west side was erected in 1906 and 1907. The plans and specifications were prepared by T. Gaastra, and the contract was awarded to Theleen & Anderson, for $20,600. The construction included the extension of the auditorium over the new wing, making it a large room, 50 ft. by 160 ft., suitable for entertainments, and, as it was at first hoped, for athletic events. The heating plant for the new part cost $2,800. Other expenditures, including architect's fees, supervision of construction bell system, gas fitting and extras, added fully $5,000 more. Total cost of addition must have been in the neighborhood of $28,400, and the total cost of the high school with the addition, $75,600. In 1911, rumors of unsafe conditions in the high school were heard. It was believed that this condition was due to the great stretch of heavy slate roof. The school board ordered an investigation, engaging for this purpose, Mr. Balzar, city engineer of Kenosha. The work he recommended was duly carried out under his direction by John Bruns, at an expense of $1,680. In February, 1913, one of the contractors for the 1906-07 addition sent a communication to the board urging further efforts to make the auditorium of the high school safe. The board, desirous of doing whatever was necessary to make the building a safe place, ordered another investigation. This was made by H. H. Hahn, assisted by Engineer Schott and by Mr. Giest, consulting engineer from Milwaukee. The resulting report, which is in the minutes of the board for February 30 [sic], 1913, justified the complaint, and immediate action was taken. A contract was let to Gottlieb Schaeffer for removing the heavy slate roof which constituted the menace. This was done and the floor area of the auditorium reduced to the size it had in the original structure. The cost of this repair and reconstruction was $2,800. This reduced auditorium is now partitioned off into four classrooms, this change costing about $650. It is this seen that the high school building as it stands today has cost the city of Kenosha nearly $81,000.