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Washington–Kosciusko Elementary School (W-K for short) is an
elementary school A primary school (in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, and South Africa), junior school (in Australia), elementary school or grade school (in North America and the Philippines) is a school for primary ed ...
in
Winona, Minnesota Winona is a city in and the county seat of Winona County, in the state of Minnesota. Located in bluff country on the Mississippi River, its most noticeable physical landmark is Sugar Loaf. The city is named after legendary figure Winona, who ...
, United States. Its building was constructed in 1934, the fourth of five new facilities built by Winona Public Schools in the early 20th century to implement progressive educational reforms. It was listed on 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 ...
in 2012 for its significance in the theme of education. It was nominated for representing the 20th-century development of Winona Public Schools and for being a project of the
Public Works Administration The Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the New Deal of 1933, was a large-scale public works construction agency in the United States headed by Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes. It was created by the National Industrial Recove ...
, the largest federal relief program of the
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.


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National Register of Historic Places listings in Winona County, Minnesota This is a list of the National Register of Historic Places listings in Winona County, Minnesota. It is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Winona County, Minnesota, United ...


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Washington-Kosciusko Elementary School
{{DEFAULTSORT:Washington Kosciusko Elementary School 1934 establishments in Minnesota Buildings and structures in Winona, Minnesota Moderne architecture in Minnesota National Register of Historic Places in Winona County, Minnesota Public elementary schools in Minnesota Public Works Administration in Minnesota School buildings completed in 1934 School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Minnesota Schools in Winona County, Minnesota