Lafayette High School (Buffalo, New York)
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Lafayette High School
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Lafayette High School, Buffalo NY, April 2011
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| Location | 370 Lafayette Ave., Buffalo, New York |
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| Coordinates | 42°55′15″N 78°53′5″W / 42.92083°N 78.88472°WCoordinates: 42°55′15″N 78°53′5″W / 42.92083°N 78.88472°W |
| Built | 1901 |
| Architect | Esenwein & Johnson |
| Architectural style | Beaux Arts |
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| Added to NRHP | December 3, 1980 |
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"Where the World Comes to Learn"
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370 Lafayette Avenue West Side Buffalo, New York, Erie 14213  United States
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| Motto | Loyalty, Honor, Service |
| Status | Priority School |
| School district | Buffalo Public Schools |
| School number | 204 |
| Interim Principal | Rafael A. Mercado |
| Vice Principal | Daniel J. Bass |
| Grades | 11-12 |
| Color(s) | Violet and White |
| Team name | Violets |
| Newspaper | The Triangle |
| Yearbook | The Oracle |
| Website | Lafayette High School |
Lafayette High School is the oldest public school in Buffalo that remains in its original building; a stone, brick and terra-cotta structure in the French Renaissance Revival style, by architects August Esenwein and James A. Johnson. Although classes began off-site during construction of the school, the building was completed, and graduated its first class, in 1903. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980. It is located in Buffalo's Upper West Side at 370 Lafayette Avenue.
Lafayette High School is currently being phased out due to low academic performance, and will be replaced by Lafayette International High School and Newcomers Academy.
Lafayette High School was the third high school built in Buffalo, New York. It has fallen into recent struggles with academics and has been placed on New York State's Watch List of Persistently Underperforming Schools. After the 2010-2011 school year, the school closed and re-opened as a multicultural school with a new principal. The school also began housing seventh and eighth graders from nearby International School 45.
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
Previous assignment and reason for departure denoted in parentheses
Lafayette High School currently serves as home to many Buffalo high school students learning English as a second language.
Shanks (1927) and Lewin (1953), and all the art students in between were influenced by the Miss Elizabeth Weiffenbach, who taught art at the school for over forty years. These included Jack Smart (class of 1922), an artist who also played The Fat Man on 1940s radio; and Irving Jeremiah Goodman (class of 1939), a contemporary artist specializing in room still lifes. Turner rowed for the U.S. in the 1956 Olympic Games in Melbourne, Australia, was executive editor of The Buffalo Courier-Express, and is a member of the exclusive Gridiron Club in Washington, D.C.
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