1910 - 1972
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Elkhart High School
1910-1972
Second and High Streets
Architect: E. Hill Turnock
Superintendent: E.H. Drake
Principal: S.B. McCracken
Elkhart High School was designed and built to match the existing Central School Building (bottom photo), creating a unified pair of buildings covering the whole block of High St. between Second and Third Streets.
Central School became a junior high school in 1911 and remained until 1952 when Northside Junior High opened. The building was then incorporated into a part of the High School.
In 1924, an auditorium and gymnasium were added. The vocational annex, the only building remaining today, was erected in 1928. The school continued to grow and by 1941 expanded into the old Trinity Methodist Church, located on the south side of the high school. In 1963 the school moved additional classes into the old Carnegie Library, which sat at the northeast corner of Second and High Streets.
The building of the "Senior Division" at Rice Field (now Elkhart Central) in 1966 created a separate "Sophomore Division".
The creation of Elkhart second high school, Memorial, closed the last chapter of this grand building in 1972.
Source: 100 Years Elkhart High School by John A. Stinespring
(Upper Photo Caption)
Elkhart High School, viewed from the southwest corner of Second and High Streets. Designed by E. Hill Turnock in 1911. This building replaced the old High School at the corner of Lexington and Vistula. That building became an elementary school known as Samuel Strong. Although no longer a school, it remains standing today. (photo courtesy of the Time Was Museum)
(Lower Photo Caption)
Central School, viewed from the southeast corner of Third and High Streets. Built in 1908, it served students from grades one through eight. In 1919 it became the Central Junior High School and later incorporated into the High School in 1952. (photo courtesy of the Elkhart Public Library)
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