Claim: The 30' x 16' Waterford State School made mostly of Pine was designed by Richard George Suter of Queensland, who later became a priest, was built in 1871.
Evidence: The earliest section was erected in 1871 from local ironbark and pine and was designed for the Board of Education by Brisbane architect, Richard George Suter. In 1876 David Ewart, General Inspector for the Department of Public Instruction, described the Waterford school building as measuring 30 by 16 feet (9.1 by 4.9 m), with an entrance porch and no verandahs. After a decline in his success, Suter moved to Melbourne in 1876 and became a priest for the Catholic Apostolic Church.