For Immediate Release

Contact: Kara O’Keeffe
608-261-9596
kara.okeeffe@wisconsinhistory.org

December 11, 2018

The Clintonville High School Listed in National Register of Historic Places

Clintonville, Wis. - The Wisconsin Historical Society has announced the listing of the Clintonville High School in Clintonville, Waupaca County, in the National Register of Historic Places. National Register designation provides access to certain benefits, including qualification for grants and for rehabilitation income tax credits, while it does not restrict private property owners in the use of their property.

The Clintonville High School was constructed in 1918 with additions in 1951 and 1966.  The building represents the history of education in the community as the first building dedicated solely for use as a high school and its additions exemplify the growth and continued expansion of the school. It is located on land donated for the purpose of educating Clintonville’s youth by the town’s namesake, Urial P. Clinton in the early 1870s. The history of the school incorporates the community’s response to rural school consolidation and each era of construction represents the educational philosophy for the era in which it was constructed.

The register is the official national list of historic properties in America deemed worthy of preservation and is maintained by the National Park Service in the U.S. Department of the Interior. The Wisconsin Historical Society administers the program within Wisconsin. It includes sites, buildings, structures, objects and districts that are significant in national, state or local history, architecture, archaeology, engineering or culture.

To learn more about the State and National Register programs in Wisconsin, visitwww.wisconsinhistory.org.

About Wisconsin Historical Society

The Wisconsin Historical Society, founded in 1846, ranks as one of the largest, most active and most diversified state historical societies in the nation. As both a state agency and a private membership organization, its mission is to help people connect to the past by collecting, preserving and sharing stories. The Wisconsin Historical Society serves millions of people every year through a wide range of sites, programs and services. For more information, visit www.wisconsinhistory.org.

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