Property Record
200 S BROADWAY (FORMERLY 208)
Architecture and History Inventory
| Historic Name: | Green Bay Vocational School |
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| Other Name: | Green Bay Area Public Schools Administration Building |
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| Reference Number: | 1967 |
| Location (Address): | 200 S BROADWAY (FORMERLY 208) |
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| County: | Brown |
| City: | Green Bay |
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| Year Built: | 1930 |
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| Additions: | 1939 |
| Survey Date: | 19852021 |
| Historic Use: | school – elem/middle/jr high/high |
| Architectural Style: | Late Gothic Revival |
| Structural System: | Stone |
| Wall Material: | Brick |
| Architect: | Foeller, Schober and Berners |
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| Demolished?: | No |
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| National/State Register Listing Name: | Not listed |
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| Additional Information: | City of Green Bay, Wisconsin - Architectural and Historical Intensive Survey Report Phase 1 - 2021 Photo code #2: 75BR-5/21. Later aluminum windows throughout. Symmetrical main facade. Later additions south and west of the building at which the west additional built in 1939 continues the Howard Street facade and almost exactly imitates the 1930 building. The other, later additions are in a modern, contemporary design. The first non-extant vocational school in Green Bay was located downtown. The Green Bay Vocational School, located at 200 S. Broadway on the west side of Green Bay, was completed for $300,000 and included an indoor chlorinated natatorium, cafeteria, and gymnasium. Planned by the Green Bay Board of Industrial Education, the facility featured education in various industrial trades, physical education, languages, and home economics in 33 separate courses, taught during the day and evenings. The new school was intended to broaden the mission to include adults as well as children and included 1,676 enrolled students during its first year of operation under the direction of H. O. Eiken. The large three-story brick building was designed by the architects Foeller, Schober, and Berners. Originally planned in 1923, the building was not completed until 1930. Two large additions were added in 1939, also designed by Foeller, Schober, and Berners. A classroom annex and a south annex were added in 1963. For more information on Foeller, Schober, and Berners refer to chapter 9 Architecture. The Green Bay Vocational School is significant under Criterion C: Architecture as an excellent example of a Collegiate Gothic school building. The period of significance for the property would extend from 1930 to 1939. |
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| Bibliographic References: | A. Sanborn - Perris Map Co., Inc. Fire Insurance Map of Gren Bay, Wisconsin. New York, 1957. B. Vocational Record. Vol. 6, No. 1. May 1930. "This is how new vocational school will look." Green Bay Press-Gazette 15 Sept. 1928. Evening. |
| Wisconsin Architecture and History Inventory, State Historic Preservation Office, Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison, Wisconsin |