District history, Featured, History, School News, Waverly by Chris R. VaccaroJuly 20, 201412:08 pm Photo history: Waverly Avenue in 1944 This image of the Waverly Ave. School in Holtsville, N.Y. is from 1944. Joseph Benesch, of Holbrook, built the school in 1929 for $36,000. Photo is from the Town of Brookhaven Historian’s Office.