National Blue Ribbon School

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Built in 1992, Watson Williams is the newest of Utica’s nine elementary buildings.

The school is situated on a plot of land that was given to the city in the spring of 1897.

Mrs. Thomas R. Proctor, (Maria Watson Williams) and Mrs. Fredrick T. Proctor, (Rachael Williams)

donated six and one half acres of land, called Watson-Williams Park in memory of their father.

The school houses a dance studio, two amphitheatres, a stage area for student activities and

two technology labs. Watson Williams’ successes both academically and in the arts have

resulted in adding additional classrooms.