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Photograph of Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School
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Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School

Built in 1920 (Gothic Revival). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1992.

From the record

“Purdy Junior High and Vocational School, also known as Purdy School, is a historic school building located on Third Street in Marshfield, Wisconsin, United States. Built in 1919, it was the first junior high school in Marshfield.”

Wikipedia article Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School, CC BY-SA 4.0.

One of 21 National Register listings published here for Wood County · listed in 1992 · category: Building · built in 1920, Gothic Revival.

Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
  • Listed as. Purdy, Willard D., Junior High and Vocational School - the National Register files a house under its owner's surname.
  • Address. 110 W. Third St., Marshfield, 54449
  • When was it listed? September 1992
  • Category. building
  • City. Marshfield city
  • When was it built? 1920
  • Architectural style. Gothic Revival
  • National Register reference number. 92001188 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.

Fires near this property

7 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School between 2018 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None started naturally. None was recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources164
12 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2005074
25 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004849
21 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004798
21 April 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2004792
29 December 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2012241
6 November 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreWisconsin Department of Natural Resources2011289

Every fire recorded in Wood County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Willard D. Purdy Junior High and Vocational School: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stadt Road Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ross Blott Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Scheuer Creek Granite QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wood County

Storms near this property

54 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Marshfield, the town this property stands in, in 54 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 26 thunderstorm wind, 22 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 1996Thunderstorm WindMarshfield$50,000no account filed
June 1999Thunderstorm WindMarshfield$20,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindMarshfield$10,000no account filed
May 2017Thunderstorm WindMarshfield$5,000Thunderstorm winds snapped power poles and caused some damage to nearby businesses in Marshfield.
September 1997Heavy RainMarshfield$5,000no account filed
July 1997Thunderstorm WindMarshfield$3,000no account filed
August 1997LightningMarshfield$1,000no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindMarshfield$1,000no account filed
April 2026Flash FloodMarshfield-Rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in a short time caused cars to get stuck in water on several streets in Marshfield due to flash flooding.
April 2026HailMarshfield-Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Marshfield. The time of this report is an estimate based on radar.
August 2024Flash FloodMarshfield-Heavy rain caused flash flooding along Highway 13 and County V in northwestern Wood County.
October 2023HailMarshfield-Hail slightly larger than lime size (2.25 inches) fell in Marshfield.
October 2023HailMarshfield-Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield.
October 2023HailMarshfield-Ping pong size hail fell in Marshfield.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-A thunderstorm wind gust of 61 mph was measured at Marshfield Municipal Airport.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Marshfield.
July 2021Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-Thunderstorms produced a wind gust to 63 mph at the Marshfield airport.
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-A thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph was measured at the Marshfield airport.
October 2019HailMarshfield-Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield.
July 2019Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-Thunderstorm winds downed several trees and power lines throughout Wood County.
August 2018Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-Thunderstorm winds downed trees in Marshfield.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-Thunderstorm winds downed numerous trees and branches in Marshfield.
July 2016HailMarshfield-Nickel size hail fell as a thunderstorm passed through Marshfield.
July 2016HailMarshfield-Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield. The time of this event was estimated based on radar data.
August 2013Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-Scattered trees were blown down which caused power outages in the city of Marshfield.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-Thunderstorm winds downed power lines as the storms moved through Marshfield.
September 2012Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-Thunderstorm wind gusts to 60 mph downed trees, some as large as 8 inches in diameter, west of Marshfield.
May 2011HailMarshfield-Quarter size hail fell in Marshfield.
August 2011HailMarshfield-Nickel size hail fell in Marshfield. Time of event is estimated.
July 2011Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-A trailer was tipped over in the city of Marshfield. At least 20 trees were knocked down across Wood County.
July 2011Flash FloodMarshfield-Marshfield Municipal Airport recorded 3.09 inches of rain from 8 PM CST to 930 PM CST. The heavy rainfall caused water to flow across numerous roads in the area.
May 2010HailMarshfield-Penny size hail fell in the Marshfield area.
September 2010HailMarshfield-Hail up to the size of pennies fell for five minutes at Marshfield.
April 2009HailMarshfield-Penny size hail fell in Marshfield.
April 2009HailMarshfield-Penny size hail was observed in Marshfield.
July 2008HailMarshfield-no account filed
July 2008HailMarshfield-no account filed
July 2008HailMarshfield-no account filed
July 2007HailMarshfield-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-no account filed
August 2004HailMarshfield-no account filed
September 2002Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-no account filed
May 2001HailMarshfield-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-no account filed
May 2001HailMarshfield-no account filed
May 2001Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-no account filed
March 2000HailMarshfield-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-no account filed
July 1999Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-no account filed
May 1998Thunderstorm WindMarshfield-no account filed
May 1998HailMarshfield-no account filed
June 1996FloodMarshfield-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wood County

Map coverage status

No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.

Listed places nearby

6 within 8 miles

Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.

Photograph PropertyDistance Listed
Gov. William H. Upham House0.1 miles1976
Upham House Historic District0.1 miles2008
Marshfield Post Office0.1 miles2000
Marshfield Central Avenue Historic District0.2 miles1993
Weinbrenner Shoe Factory0.2 miles2008
Wahle-Laird House0.3 miles1992

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 92001188 in Record Group 79.
Wikipedia articleCommunity-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA.
Wood CountyAll 21 listed properties in this county.

Provenance

  • Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
  • Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
  • How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
  • Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
  • Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
  • Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.