East High School - Rochester, NY - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

This school opened on April 15 1903. Albert H. Wilcox, the first East High School principal, worked with noted Rochester architect J Foster Warner, who designed the building in the Late 19th and 20th Century Revival architectural styles. It took three years and three hundred thousand dollars to complete, and it had more floor space per student than any other high school in the country. It was constructed on a gender segregated plan: the boys wing on the north, and the girls wing on the south. "It boosted three science labs, a museum, a small library, and a bicycle room for 1,000 bikes. Natural light from outside windows made the auditorium unique." (visit link)

Overcrowding and deterioration of the physical plant made planning and building a new facility inevitable, and in 1959, the new East High building was opened at 1801 East Main Street, at a cost of $13,000,000.

When this building was added to the 1983, its current function was listed as vacant/not in use, work in progress. Today, it is a large apartment complex

Street address: 410 Alexander St Rochester, NY USA 14607 County / Borough / Parish: Monroe Year listed: 1983 Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering Periods of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Education Current function: Residential Privately owned?: yes Primary Web Site: [Web Link] Secondary Website 1: [Web Link] Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Secondary Website 2: Not listed National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed

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Date Logged Log User Rating   11/18/2011 sagefemme visited it