you’re looking at history and the mark of William Waters. In 1867, Oshkosh met the New York-born architect that would soon become a local celebrity whose legacy would live on over 150 years later.

One can see William Waters all over Oshkosh — in the city's architecture, that is. Waters was born in New York in 1843 and arrived in Oshkosh in 1867. His first project was the Brooklyn ...

That Oshkosh has a neighborhood called Brooklyn was just one of many, many things I didn't know about this city of 66,000 on the shores of Lake Winnebago. Though even just a single day spent ...

The Brooklyn Hook and Ladder #4 station was built in 1868 by William Waters, who apparently was the architect of many a building – and many landmarks – in Oshkosh. The gorgeous building ...

OSHKOSH (WLUK) -- A restoration project of a historic Oshkosh plaza is gaining momentum. The William Waters Plaza Re-Imagined Project says it has raised $74,000 of its $250,000 fundraising goal.