Whitefish Bay High School - Tower Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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Last Fifty Years Reflect Refinement The period from 1920 to the present brought the refinements that made Whitefish Bay what it is today. The Fleetwood School burned to the ground in 1918, and was replaced within a year by Henry Clay School. The community continued to grow, and by 1927, as another school was needed, Cumberland School was built. Richards School was built one year later, using the same building plans. In 1955, Lydell School was com- pleted. The village completed work on its second village hall in 1923, replacing the original frame structure which stood at the corner of Lexington and Marlborough. The present hall was dedicated in 1970. By 1915, water mains carried City of Milwaukee water into Whitefish Bay. In 1963, the Bay joined with Fox Point and Glendale to place into operation their own water supply and treatment plant, which is located in Klode Park. The WFB water tower at the end of Lydell Ave. was completed in 1949. Almost all public buildings in the Bay are located in a straight line which is approximated by Marlborough Drive. This land was purchased by the village from the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad, whose tracks bi- sected the Bay until 1929. ' 6-191

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1,2. Silver Spring Drive, from Diversey, looking east: in the ' 40 ' s and today. 3,4,5. The homes on the northwest corner of Belle and Shoreland are seen here in 1976, 1928, and 1927. 6. The 15 trolley, circa 1930, in front of Henry Clay School. 7. The back of W. Brand ' s Meat Market, with the escava- tion for the Fox-Bay building. This was completed in 1951.

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WFBHS Shows Transition Through Prior to 1927, Bay children wish- ing high school education attended Milwaukee schools, and from 1927 to 1930, they attended Shorewood High. For the next two years classes were held in Richards School. Whitefish Bay High School was completed in 1932. Since then, three major additions have been made. 1. The second addition (1957) not only gave the school and village a much-needed audi- torium, but added all the present science and social studies rooms as well as several of- fices and language, math, and arts rooms. 2. The final addition, providing a complete English wing and fieldhouse-pool-locker room complex, was completed in 1969. 3. Groundbreaking, 1968. 4. The very first addition came in 1949. This structure houses a music wing, two gymnasiums, locker rooms, and the suburban room. 5. A brand-new Whitefish Bay High awaits its first students. 6. A rare view of the back of the school, featuring the winter skating rink. K|ft[iErcpjCK|[[i;Kft| iE - c:ccteccch[|ni 1 f t It m m IIB he 10