Washington High School (Portland, Oregon)
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Front of the former school building in 2013
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1300 SE Stark Street, Portland, Oregon 97214 United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Opened | 1906 |
| Status | School closed; 1924 building still standing |
| Closed | 1981 |
| School district | Portland Public Schools |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,557 (1922); 1,826 (1924); 1,500 (1969); 883 (1981) |
| Color(s) | maroon and gold |
| Mascot | George Washington |
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Washington High School
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| Location | Portland, Oregon |
| Coordinates | 45°31′8.3″N 122°39′7.2″W / 45.518972°N 122.652000°WCoordinates: 45°31′8.3″N 122°39′7.2″W / 45.518972°N 122.652000°W |
| Built | 1924 |
| Architect | Houghtaling & Dougan |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 15000779 |
| Added to NRHP | November 9, 2015 |
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Washington High School was a high school in Portland, Oregon, United States, from 1906 to 1981. It was part of the Portland school district. After fire destroyed the original building, a new building was completed in 1924. The 1924 building was vacant for many years. In October 2013, plans to renovate the building for commercial use were advancing, with a mix of retail and office use planned.New Seasons Market relocated its offices to the building in 2015 and is the largest tenant. The former auditorium was repurposed as a music venue called Revolution Hall, which opened in February 2015. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in November 2015.
The first Washington High School was originally named East Side High School. It opened in September 1906, with classes temporarily held in an elementary school while its permanent building was being constructed and moved into its permanent building in February 1907, located at SE 14th and Stark. The East Side High School was renamed Washington in 1909. The original building was destroyed by fire on October 25, 1922. A replacement was constructed on the same site, made of reinforced concrete with a brick surface. Designed by the Portland architectural firm of Houghtaling & Dougan, the new building also featured terra cotta trim. It opened for students on September 2, 1924.
Due to the baby boom and passing of a $25 million building levy by the school district in 1947, a new gymnasium was slated to be built.
In fall 1978, Washington High School merged with Monroe High School and became Washington/Monroe High School. Monroe H.S. was an all-girls vocational sister school to Benson Polytechnic High School. After the merge, the old Munroe High School building housed a number of programs until 1994, when it became da Vinci Arts Middle School. It was established in 1917 at Southwest 14th and Morrison and was named Girls Polytechnic High School until fall 1967, when it was renamed James Monroe High School. Monroe High School had only 470 students in fall 1977, the smallest enrollment of any public high school in Portland. Washington's enrollment had declined sharply in the 1970s, from 1,504 in the 1968–69 school year to 773 in the 1977–78 school year, leading to the decision to merge the two schools, on the Washington H.S. campus.
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