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1860

The first inmates were three juveniles from the city of Milwaukee, who were committed, and received at the institution, August 1, 1860.

Farm labor and putting the grounds about the building into shape were first in order; on the 1st of September, 1860, the shoe-shop was opened; in October, of the same year, the tailor-shop, and the girls were at once put at sewing and knitting.

1866

The first main building was destroyed by fire on the night of the 10th of January, 1866.

1878

But, to show the actual value of the Industrial School property, there should be added to fund from the factories since 1878, making an estate worth, with all its artificial parks and other improvements, at least $150,000.

1898

The Governor, Attorney General and Secretary of State authorized an indebtedness of $40,000.00, and a new building was built during the summer of 1898.

1900

1, 1900, for real estate, buildings, improvements, repairs, and current expenses is $2,111,793.25.

The Industrial School for Boys is in the 1900 census Waukesha County, 1st Ward ED 145, Sheet 4A

1920

Volume 2: Reports on individual students 1920

The 1920 board minutes authorized “the purchase of materials to build 20 manual training benches and 20 mechanical drawing benches, the same to be constructed by the pupils as their first project.”

1921

Volume 3: Reports on individual students 1921

1922

Volume 4: Reports on individual students 1922

1923

Volume 5: Reports on individual students 1923

O.B. Lindholm was hired as the school’s first manual training instructor, and in 1923, he became the school’s first full-time director — a position he held for the next quarter-century.

1930

By 1930, Waukesha Vocational School served 700 students and had outgrown its space in the high school basement.

1957

The $186,000 addition, which opened in 1957, included classrooms for arts and crafts, home furnishings, drafting, social studies and sewing, as well as a large multipurpose classroom.

1970

On April 4, 1970, the College broke ground for WCTI’s historic new $7 million campus in Pewaukee.

1988

In 1988, Waukesha County Technical Institute changed its name to Waukesha County Technical College to better reflect its mission.

2002

The Harry V. Quadracci Printing and Graphics Center (Building G), which houses WCTC’s printing and graphic arts programs and classrooms, was completed 2002.

2007

In 2007, the College opened the Harry V. Quadracci Education and Technology Center (Building Q), a 23,600-square-foot facility built as a wing of the Printing and Graphics Center.

2010

WCTC’s Enrollment Center renovation was completed in 2010.

2013

The Firing Range opened on Hickory Street in 2013 to provide firearms training to the law enforcement community and the public.

2016

In 2016, the 24,000-square-foot Integrated Manufacturing Center (IMC) was built to increase the amount of space dedicated to electronics, automation and manufacturing trades.

2018

The center was renamed to honor donor Terry Lutz in 2018.

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