Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio)
Central High School was a public high school in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1846[1] and merged with East Tech in 1952.[2] It had several locations during its existence. The school served white and African American students.
History[]
It was the first high school in Cleveland and the first free public high school west of the Alleghenies. The school began in a Universalist church basement. After Ohio City was annexed to Cleveland, West High School was established as a division of the school since state law allowed only one public high school in Cleveland.[3]
Alumni[]
- John L. Severance, businessman and philathropist
- Marcus A. Hanna, businessman and U.S. senator
- Samuel Mather, businessman and philanthropist
- Langston Hughes,[1] writer
- Louis Stokes, lawyer, politician, and civil rights leader
- Benjamin O. Davis Sr., army general
- Noble Sissle[2]
- John D. Rockefeller, businessman and philanthropist
- Harry Edward Davis, lawyer and state legislator
- Russell Howard Davis, educator, activist, and historian. An alumnus he returned to the school as its principal.[4]
- Thaddeus Spratlen, business school professor[5]
References[]
- ^ a b "CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. May 22, 2018.
- ^ a b Ott, Thomas (February 26, 2011). "Cleveland's Central High School turned out leaders in many fields: Black History Month". The Plain Dealer.
- ^ Pianka, Jim Dubelko with research support from Raymond L. "West High - Cleveland Builds its First Public High School on the West Side". Cleveland Historical.
- ^ "Finding aid for the Russell Howard Davis Papers". catalog.wrhs.org.
- ^ "Teacher, advocate and pioneer: Thaddeus Spratlen's trailblazing legacy". Fisher College of Business. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
Categories:
- High schools in Cuyahoga County, Ohio
- Defunct public high schools in Ohio
- Education in Cleveland
- 1952 disestablishments in Ohio
- 1846 establishments in Ohio
- Educational institutions disestablished in 1952
- Educational institutions established in 1846
- Central, Cleveland