Central High School (Fargo, North Dakota) Explained

Central High School
Country:United States
Address:1010 2nd Ave. S.
City:Fargo, North Dakota
Coordinates:46.8722°N -96.795°W
Pushpin Map:North Dakota
Established:1882

Central High School, of Fargo, North Dakota, was the first public high school in Fargo. The Cass County Annex is currently on the site.

History

Fargo High School and Grade School was a three-story structure built in 1882 at a cost of $40,000. The school had 21 rooms, and it housed all grades from 1 to 12 and had six teachers for the high school, and ten for the lower grades. The first graduating class in 1866 had five students, and in 1908 they had 51 graduates. The high school underwent an expansion in 1900, and sixteen years later, it was destroyed by fire. In 1921, a replacement, Fargo Central High School was built on the same site, and it too succumbed to fire on April 19, 1966.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: John . Caron . 2004 . Fargo Central High School . https://web.archive.org/web/20240217233238/https://library.ndsu.edu/fargo-history/index1ab0.html?q=content%2Ffargo-central-high-school . February 17, 2024 . live . . Fargo, North Dakota: Its History and Images.