Cooley High School
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15055 Hubbell Avenue Detroit, Michigan 48227 |
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| School type | Public |
| Status | Closed |
| School district | Detroit Public Schools |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Area | Urban |
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Red Black |
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Thomas M. Cooley High School
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| Location | 15055 Hubbell St., Detroit, Michigan |
| Coordinates | 42°24′2″N 83°11′28″W / 42.40056°N 83.19111°WCoordinates: 42°24′2″N 83°11′28″W / 42.40056°N 83.19111°W |
| Area | less than one acre |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Donaldson and Meier |
| Architectural style | Mediterranean Revival |
| MPS | Public Schools of Detroit MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 10000651 |
| Added to NRHP | December 12, 2011 |
Thomas M. Cooley High School is located at the intersection of Hubbell Avenue and Chalfonte Street, on the northwest side of Detroit, Michigan. The three-story, Mediterranean Revival-style facility opened its doors on September 4, 1928.
The school was named in honor of Thomas M. Cooley, a nineteenth-century jurist and former Chief Justice of the Michigan Supreme Court. Cooley was also a charter member, and first chairman, of the Federal Interstate Commerce Commission.
Due to budget constraints and declining enrollment, Cooley High School was closed at the end of the 2012 academic year.
Cooley High School's history dates to the late 1920s, a time when thousands of homes were built upon land acquired through Detroit's westernmost annexation efforts in the former Greenfield Township, and village of Strathmoor. Cooley High was constructed to accommodate a rapidly growing populace on the city's burgeoning northwest side.
The first five years of Cooley's existence was marked by rapid growth. In 1928, the student population stood at 1570, by 1932 the figure had climbed to 3750. That same year, noted author and motion picture celebrity, Frank Buck visited Cooley High School; Buck thrilled a packed auditorium audience with travelogues of recent African excursions.
In the early years, Cooley students enjoyed a diverse offering of extracurricular activities; including such pursuits as fencing, table tennis, indoor track and field, swimming and diving, speed skating and ice hockey. Throughout much of the twentieth century, in a wide variety of sports, Cooley student-athletes regularly finished at or near the top in the quest for city league (DPSSAL) supremacy.
Beyond the sporting venues of metropolitan Detroit, the Cardinals of Thomas M. Cooley High School will be remembered as one of the most successful programs in the history of Michigan interscholastic athletics.
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