The building was a public high school until 1958. That year, it was purchased by the
Norbertines and it was reopened as the
Catholic boys' school
Abbot Pennings High School in 1959. In 1990, the building was bought by the nearby Norbertine institution
St. Norbert College and has since been used for classrooms and offices. Abbot Pennings High School was closed and consolidated with two other local single-sex Catholic high schools to form the coeducational
Notre Dame Academy. The building was added to the State and the
National Register of Historic Places in 2015. It was listed on the National Register as
Nicolet High School. ==References==