Arsenal Technical High School
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1500 E. Michigan Street Indianapolis, Indiana, Marion County 46201 United States |
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| School type | State Public |
| Motto | Arsenal of Education |
| Established | 1912 |
| School district | Indianapolis Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Dr. Lewis Ferbee |
| School number | 716 |
| Principal | Julie Bakehorn |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2500 |
| Campus size | 78 acres (320,000 m2) |
| Campus type | multi-building |
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| Song | Oh, Technical! |
| Fight song | The Tech Student |
| Athletics conference | North Central Conference |
| Sports | Basketball, Football, Track & Field, Soccer, Golf, Volleyball, Tennis, Swimming, Softball, Baseball, Wrestling, and Rugby |
| Mascot | Titans |
| Nickname | Tech |
| Rival | Broad Ripple High School |
| Newspaper | The Arsenal Cannon |
| Yearbook | Arsenal Cannon |
| Feeder schools | Harshman Middle School |
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U.S. Arsenal (Arsenal Technical High School)
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Front of the original arsenal building, which is now used for school administrative purposes
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| Location | 1500 E. Michigan St., Indianapolis, Indiana |
| Coordinates | 39°46′40″N 86°7′59″W / 39.77778°N 86.13306°WCoordinates: 39°46′40″N 86°7′59″W / 39.77778°N 86.13306°W |
| Area | 79.4 acres (32.1 ha) |
| Built | 1863 |
| Architect | Multiple |
| NRHP Reference # | 76000034 |
| Added to NRHP | May 19, 1976 |
Arsenal Technical High School is a public high school in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States which is run by the Indianapolis Public Schools school system. Established in 1912, the school consists of a 76-acre (31 ha), multiple building campus east of downtown Indianapolis and is the only such type school in Indiana. The school was originally a U.S. Civil War Arsenal, which was closed after the Spanish–American War.
Most of the original buildings from the Arsenal still remain. These include the actual Arsenal building, the officer's West Residence, the soldier's Barracks, the entrance Guardhouse, the Barn, and the powder Magazine. Buildings built for the school include Stuart, Treadwell, Morgan, and Lone Halls, which are the four buildings with general purpose classrooms. However, Lone and Morgan halls contain workshop-style rooms as well. Moon Hall houses the music department and cafeteria. The east and west gyms are used for physical education and sports, the auditorium is for school assemblies, and the media center houses the library and bookstore. Due to the Arsenal and the many school buildings that had existed on the campus for such a long time, Tech was placed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1976.
Arsenal Tech has four magnets, and for non-magnet students there is a "small school" for each grade level. The magnets are: The Math/Science Academy, New Tech High, STAR Academy and Career Technology Magnet.
Arsenal Technical High School, once a United States Arsenal, includes a Civil War armory complex and 20th-century buildings on its campus. As the oldest military installation in central Indiana and the second oldest high school in the city at the same location, the campus has dual significance.
Tech, as Indianapolis residents call it, did not begin as a school but as a Civil War arsenal. In 1862, Congress passed an act to create a permanent U.S. Army arsenal in Indianapolis. Army planners chose this site in 1863 at present-day 1500 East Michigan Street, because it had close access to downtown Indianapolis but was also far enough outside the city limits that it would not disrupt any neighborhoods. The first soldiers arrived in 1865, and the U.S. Government maintained the arsenal there until 1903, using it to store heavy artillery, lighter arms, and some munitions. After the Spanish–American War, facilities like this were dubbed obsolete for military needs, and by this time, the city had fully encroached on the site.
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