A decade ago the historic J.M. Weatherwax High School in Aberdeen, Washington, built in 1909, burned to the ground. After the fire, city officials in this coastal town salvaged as many of the old sandstone construction blocks as they could, though they had no end goal in mind. The large blocks had been part of the original building’s elegant façade. They were stacked up and unused for years.

Now artist Adam Kuby has transformed the stones into an integrated earthwork that resembles a larg...