Hastings Junior High & Endangered Schools Statewide

Preservationists in Hastings say the threat to the now vacant building is critical. The building will be demolished if action is not taken soon for a viable re-use greater than a parking lot. The facility was designed by Hastings architect C.W. Way and is one of five remaining structures of that type. The building was built in 1917. The scenario is repeated in other Nebraska communities where elementary, middle schools and old high schools are often abandoned for new structures and deemed surplus. It takes energy to construct a new building. It saves energy to preserve an old one.