Celebrating 100 Years of High School Education in Waterloo
1886 1986
This Memorial Arch of native limestone was formed by combining two portals from the 1901 addition to the original high school building upon demolition of the school in 1928. Herman F. Brehm moved them to his property west of the village where they were joined to form an arch. Donated to the Waterloo Central School Centennial Committee in 1986. The arch was dismantled and reconstructed here in Lafayette Park. Dedicated to all those who have made high school education possible in Waterloo for the past one hundred years.
— Dedicated on the 28th day of June 1986 —
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1810 1928
These portals were re-erected from the Assembly Hall, Annex to Waterloo Academy-High School, 1838-1928, in memory of the host of boys and girls who for 90 years attended there.
First Board of Trustees Waterloo Academy,
John Burton Joel Wilson
Horace F. Gustin Daniel S. Kendig, Clerk
Resolution to build, April 7th, 1838. Completed and accepted Aug. 6th, 1838. Cost $851.02. Builder L.R. LaBattelle. Bell bought of Kendig and Taylor at a cost of $43.91 or over 5% of cost of building.
First public school, built as Central School, in 1817 on site of St. Pauls Parish House.
First teacher, Isaac Gorham, 1810, son of first settler who taught in log blacksmith shop at corner of Oak and Main Streets.
Teachers of H.F. Brehm, 1867-1879 were:
J.S. Boughton, Principal. Candace L. Sudler, Preceptress.
John A. Gillett, Sciences. Henry F. Thomsen, Languages.
Mary C. Schott, Electa Wood, Sara Ameigh,
Sarah Bisdee, Julia Olmstead, Elizabeth Hendricks,
Frances E. Towsley.
Stones for Assembly Hall, built 1901,
Quarried by Loren Thomas, Contractor W.B. Lawrence,
Mason Work John Van Riper assisted by
Frank De Yoe and James Murphy.
M.L. Van Kirk Architect.
Stone Cutters, James Clark, Lott Cook,
Thomas Nealon, Patrick Downes, Fred Bachman,
Hugh Logan, John Ivers.
Herman Fred'k Brehm
Census 1860, Township of Waterloo 2160 males
Enlisted 1861-1865, 412.
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Location. 42° 54.291′ N, 76° 52.035′ W. Marker is in Waterloo, New York, in Seneca County. It is at the intersection of Main Street (U.S. 20) and Memorial Day Place/Locust Street, on the right when traveling west on Main Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: Lafayette Park, Waterloo NY 13165, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Upstate New York, specifically in Western New York, and in the Finger Lakes. It is also in the American Northeast and in the Mid-Atlantic. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy, New Netherland, and one of the original Thirteen Colonies.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Skoi-Yase (a few steps from this marker); War Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker);
Credits. This page was last revised on June 25, 2017. It was originally submitted on June 25, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio. This page has been viewed 513 times since then and 23 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. submitted on June 25, 2017, by William Fischer, Jr. of Reynoldsburg, Ohio.
