Wasioja School House

Wasioja School House. More Than Half a Century of Community Service. , First, second and third grades, 1896, Wasioja's ambitious pioneer citizens established its first school in 1856 in a small wood frame building. But within two years, town leaders recognized the need for a permanent school. They hired master stonemasons and brothers, Andrew, and Alexander Doig, who built many of Wasioja's buildings with local limestone. They completed the schoolhouse in 1860. The lower floor housed first through fourth grades. Grades five through eight met upstairs., In its early years, the school was also used by four churches for weekly services and served as the town hall for several decades. The school held classes every year until the Wasioja School consolidated with the Dodge Center School District in 1955., The Dodge County Historical Society purchased the school in 1965. Today it is used for monthly meetings by the Wasioja Township Board and is available for community use., Wasioja citizens established the town's first school in 1856 but the community quickly outgrew the first structure and the Doig brothers were hired to build a new limestone school, which opened in 1860.