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The first Santa Cruz High School, located at Walnut Avenue and California Street. It was dedicated on July 19, 1895 and opened with more than 200 students. It burned to the ground on October 1, 1913. In the background, to the left, is the home of…
Watsonville High School, designed by William H. Weeks in 1917, at a cost of over $90,000. Because of damage from the Loma Prieta (1989) earthquake, the building was torn down.
Class portrait of seventh and eighth grades at La Grange School.
Group portrait (Faculty?). Seated, from left to right, are Frank Huff, principal Alice Williston, Professor McCrea(?), and an unidentified woman. Standing, from left to right, are Edna Lauer, Edna(?) Woodis, an unidentified woman, Grace Halsey,…
The fifth grade class at Branciforte School, 1897. The boy in the middle of the back row is Leslie Wright
The Mission Hill Grammar School, with a street car climbing Mission Hill. The school was designed in the Italianate style by Levi Goodrich in 1875. Until 1894, the third floor housed the high school. Because of damage from the 1906 earthquake, the…
Class photograph of the seventh and eighth grades, Holy Cross School, 1929.
Aftermath of the October 1, 1913 fire which destroyed the first Santa Cruz High School. Before the school was built in 1895, high school students were taught in the top floor of the Mission Hill School. Until the new school opened in 1915, temporary…
The remains of the first Santa Cruz High School, after it burned down on October 1, 1913. The high school had been dedicated in 1895. After the fire, classes were held at various locations throughout the city until the current high school opened in…