Waterford State School (Block A and Play Shed)

Waterford, the main town of the Logan Agricultural Reserve was surveyed in 1866, adopting an Irish name that was relevant to the mostly Irish settlers. From 1869, school lessons were conducted in a local barn, before the residents lobbied for a National School. The earliest section of the Waterford School was erected in 1871, built from local ironbark and pine and was designed for the Board of General Education by Brisbane architect, Richard George Suter. The early Suter timber schools were low-set, gabled structures, rectangular in plan with a porch and no verandahs, and utilised external studding to the walls. By 1888 the population had grown and another classroom designed by government architect John Ferguson, was added to the south-east end of the building. The central entry porch was removed and wide verandas added at this time. In 1898, a playshed was built at a cost of 49 pounds. In 1910 the north-west gabled end of the school building was clad with weatherboards, covering the exposed stud framing. The rear verandah was enclosed around 1967 to provide extra classroom and in 1969, the early school building was used as a library (accommodated on the enclosed rear verandah) and a tuckshop.