John Barnes, the Joliet architect who designed it, was trained in the Richardson Romanesque style. Subsequently in 1896 a new school opened, also built of local dolomitic limestone and on the same site as the school that burned. Classes were held in churches and other buildings until a new structure was ready. A fire destroyed the school on August 10, 1895. The first graduation commencement was Jwith seven graduates. The three-story building was built of local dolomitic limestone, with a four-sided clock tower on its roof. The first village school was built in 1857, and housed students of all ages.
Soon after settlers arrived, school classes began in a log cabin on what is now Division Street.
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