Former East High School - Rochester, NY - Former Schools 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. The original East High School was listed on the National Registry of Historic Places in 1983.

The Building is a large apartment complex today, called East Court Apartments

Address: 410 Alexander St Rochester, NY USA 14607 Web Site: [Web Link]

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