In 1860, A. G. Hopkinson, the principal of West High School and also a member of Cleveland City Council, successfully sponsored legislation to construct a separate school house for West High which, at the time, was holding its classes in rooms on the third floor of Kentucky School No. 1. The new West High school house was constructed in 1861 on a parcel of land between Ann Street (Dexter Place) and State (West 29th) Street, facing Clinton Avenue. It served as the home of West High School from 1861 until 1884. This photo was taken by famed local photographer George Ketteringham in 1902 when the building housed the Cleveland Manual Training School. The building was razed during the period 1937-1951. | Source: Cleveland Public Library Digital GalleryDownload Original File
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