Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio)

Central High School was a public high school in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1846[1] and merged with East Tech in 1952.[2] It had several locations during its existence. The school served white and African American students.

Boarded up Central High School building
Not to be confused with Cleveland Central High School in Mississippi. For other schools with the same name, see Central High School.

History

It was the first high school in Cleveland and the first free public high school west of the Alleghenies. The school began in a Universalist church basement. After Ohio City was annexed to Cleveland, West High School was established as a division of the school since state law allowed only one public high school in Cleveland.[3]

Alumni
Langston Hughes at Central High


References
  1. "CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. May 22, 2018.
  2. Ott, Thomas (February 26, 2011). "Cleveland's Central High School turned out leaders in many fields: Black History Month". The Plain Dealer.
  3. Pianka, Jim Dubelko with research support from Raymond L. "West High - Cleveland Builds its First Public High School on the West Side". Cleveland Historical.
  4. "Finding aid for the Russell Howard Davis Papers". catalog.wrhs.org.
  5. "Teacher, advocate and pioneer: Thaddeus Spratlen's trailblazing legacy". Fisher College of Business. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
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