On February 25, 1905, the Walla Walla Evening Statesman ran an article entitled Will Build $45,000 School House. The architect hired to design the new building was the prominent Henry Osterman. Mr. Osterman designed the County Courthouse as well as Sharpstein School. Because of the areas park like appearance the name Green Park became the name of the school. A 12 room building, excluding the basement was designed and bricks were purchased from Weston at $9 per thousand. Stone was purchased from Tenino stone quarries. The new school would be for grades one through eight which for many would be a complete education for decades to come. Subsequently, after many attempts, in 1993 the voters finally approved the plan to save historic Green Park for a cost of 6.7 million dollars, and it was completed in 1995.
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