 Wabasha County's first large brick school was constructed in 1869 in Wabasha, closely patterned after Goodhue County's 1865 courthouse.Both were cruciform whereas the Reads Landing School and its 1872 near-twin in Lake City were both cubical with a single entrance.The only one of these four buildings still standing, the Reads Landing School reflects the emergence of the boxy Italianate school in imitation of government buildings and its evolution into a smaller and more practical form.