School Building Pictures

Our collection of photos of our schools through the years.

Wauwatosa East and Wauwatosa High

Recent Exterior Tosa East Pictures

The exterior of Tosa East changed in 2021 with the completion of the most recent renovation to the southeast side of the building. The "new" pool area finished in 1974 was completely demolished and a new pool was built now called the Tosa Aquatic Center. The $10.7 million cost was made possible by partial funding from the 2018 School Funding Referendum, but most of the money came from a grant from John and Tashia Morgridge. As part of this project the main entrance to Tosa East on Milwaukee Avenue was also updated.

Tosa East Through the Years

The source of most of these pictures is from yearbooks. Before September of 1961 when Tosa West was built, Tosa East was Wauwatosa High School.

The Tunnel

Many of our classmates were not aware of the tunnel. It was used back when Wauwatosa High had two buildings on either side of 76th Street.

Longfellow Junior High / Middle School

Does anyone know when Longfelllow became a middle school?

From the book, Images of America - Wauwatosa. "Increased numbers of students led to the construction of a new Longfellow Junior High School at Wauwatosa and North Avenues; land was cleared in 1955. In an act of early historic preservation, a log cabin built in 1880 by Frederick Underwood was moved from the site, at 7720 W. North Ave., to 2515 Wauwatosa Ave. for commercial use. It sits on the location of the former greenhouse and floral shop operated by florist John M. Dunlop."

 

Hawthorne Junior High

From the book, Images of America - Wauwatosa. "To ease overcrowded conditions at Longfellow Junior High School, Hawthorne Junior High was constructed in 1931 at 7700 Portland Ave. It opened in 1932 with 225 students, all living south of the railroad tracks in the Village. The impressive red brick Georgian Revival style building, designed by the firm of Herbst & Kuenzli Architects, had a tower that became a landmark in the neighborhood. Students at Longfellow and Hawthorne combined in writing a school paper called the Junior Journal, in October 1932, to encourage cooperation between the two schools rather than rivalry. In 1981, the school board voted to close Hawthorne as a school and make the building available for other uses. Today it is a private residential building".