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The Eau Claire Vocational School is located in
Eau Claire, Wisconsin Eau Claire (; ) (French for "clear water") is a city mostly located in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin, of which it is the county seat, and with a small portion in Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It had a population of 69,421 in 2020, making it the stat ...
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History

The building served as a factory for several years for companies that built trunks, suitcases, telescope cases and phonographs. After being used as a warehouse, it was converted into a vocational school by the
National Youth Administration The National Youth Administration (NYA) was a New Deal agency sponsored by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his presidency. It focused on providing work and education for Americans between the ages of 16 and 25. It operated from June 26, 1935 to ...
in the early 1940s. During
World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
, women were trained at the school to build equipment for the war effort. In 1967, the school moved to larger facility and was later renamed the
Chippewa Valley Technical College Chippewa Valley Technical College is one of the 16 technical and community colleges in the Wisconsin Technical College System, centered in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. It serves an 11-county area, with its largest campus in Eau Claire (actually home to t ...
. Its former site would be used by the city to house its parks and recreation department. In 2014, it was added to the State and the
National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic v ...
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References

{{reflist School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Industrial buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin Warehouses on the National Register of Historic Places National Register of Historic Places in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin Vocational schools in the United States Schools in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin New Deal in Wisconsin Industrial buildings completed in 1891