"The school is a combination of two building periods-1895, when the high school was constructed, and 1902, when the grade school building was added. The 1895 building constructed on a stone and red sandstone foundation has pressed brick walls set in red mortar, with red sandstone trimmings.
It was designed by Harlan Thomas of Denver in a variation of the Romanesque style. The 1902 addition is similar, yet subordinate to, the high school. Very little ornamentation appears in the overall design, following a conservative "no frills" guideline. The building is significant in that it reflects the response to educational needs of a growing community in economically difficult times." (from (
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"The east wing of Greeley High School was built in 1895 in a Georgian Revival style.
The architect, a graduate of the State Agricultural College in Fort Collins, was Harlan
Thomas of Denver. The "romanesque" feeling is carried out in the voluminous cubic shape of
the building, in the use and repetition of the rounded arch throughout, and in the use of
rusticated native red sandstone combined with brick, and in the unusual one-story apsldal
projection in the center of the north facade. This semi-circular extension to the building
housed the Greeley Public Library until a new library was built in 1907. The southern
facade is decidedly the most interesting. Five interconnecting stone arches form a graceful
rhythmic pattern and "frame" the windows between the first and second floors, giving the
facade an added elegance plus the illusion of height. Five horizontal stone slabs divide
each arch between floors. The southern facade has an interesting cornice, with a swag and
shield motif in the frieze. The building has a low-pitched hipped roof. An article that
appeared in THE GREELEY TRIBUNE, January 16, 1896, describes the exterior of the building
as such: "The foundation is of stone, red sandstone being used above the ground; the
building is of pressed brick set in red mortar with red sandstone trimmings, occupies a
space of about 100 feet square including projecting entrances and library,has two stories
with basement and is 50 feet high. The doors and interior woodwork are oil finished, and
the metal work of the doors is of brass. Cut in the stonework on the front between the
windows of the first and second stories are the words: "Liberty; Literature; Science; Art;
and Justice," and on the cornice the names of men prominent in science and literature
(Franklin and Longfellow). The building presents a neat and substantial appearance and
except the lettering mentioned, little money has been expended in needless ornamentation." " (from (
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