Oshkosh Area School District hands out keepsake bricks from former Merrill Elementary & Middle School

OSHKOSH, Wis. (WFRV) – The Oshkosh Area School District (OASD) spent the early afternoon hours on Tuesday handing out keepsake bricks from the demolished Merrill Elementary and Middle School building.

Oshkosh families and community members who wanted a piece of the old building were invited to the OASD Maintenance Building..

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Bricks were also salvaged and kept intact as part of the construction for the Merrill Memorial Corner, which is being built on the site of the former school.

About 1,000 bricks were harvested and cleaned from the most historic part of the old building, and are available again to be picked up on Wednesday from 4 p.m. until 6 p.m. on a first-come, first-served basis, with one brick per family.