![]() When enrollment exceeded 300 students, officials decided to build a new high school, a Victorian Gothic structure completed in 1878 at 2201 Willson Avenue (later East 55th Street) at Central Avenue. ![]() ![]() ![]() In 1856 Central High moved to a brick and stone building at Erie Street (later East 9th) and Euclid Avenue. When Ohio City was annexed to Cleveland in 1852, WEST HIGH SCHOOL was established as a division of Central High School since state law allowed only one public high school in Cleveland.Īt first, Central High operated out of the basement of a Universalist Church on Prospect Avenue. The school’s first principal was ANDREW FREESE. The major proponents for changing state laws to fund public secondary education were GEORGE HOADLEY, mayor of Cleveland at the time, CHARLES BRADBURN, merchant and school board member, and attorney George Willey. The issue was resolved in 1848 by state legislation that made provisions for Central's funding. At the time, the prevailing belief was that education beyond the elementary level was a private responsibility, and funding the school out of public funds was illegal under Ohio statutes. CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL was established on 13 July 1846, ten years after Cleveland was incorporated and 15 years before the CIVIL WAR began. Central High was the first public high school in Cleveland and the first free public high school west of the Allegheny Mountains to provide free secondary education at public expense. ![]()
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