Washington High School

Washington High School (HM2C2I)

Location: Sioux Falls, SD 57104 Minnehaha County
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Country: United States of America
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N 43° 32.612', W 96° 43.712'

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For most of the 119 years between 1873 and 1992, a majority of Sioux Falls children attended one of three successive public schools erected on this site. The first, an unnamed small wood-frame elementary school, was replaced five years later by Central School, a large two story brick structure. In 1879 when 20 pupils enrolled to attend high school there, they became the first students of Sioux Falls High School.
A new high school building was opened in 1908. Named Washington High School (WHS), it
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was located north of Central School. In 1922 a second WHS unit opened south of Central. After "Old Central" was razed in 1934, a center unit was built to combine the three WHS units. The building was completed as it now stands in 1935.
In 1986 this huge neoclassical structure, built of locally quarried Sioux quartzite, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The original WHS closed in 1992 when a new WHS opened. After extensive renovation, the building reopened June 1, 1999, as the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science.
Dedicated in 2006 by the Minnehaha County Historical
Society and the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science
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HM NumberHM2C2I
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Year Placed2006
Placed ByThe Minnehaha County Historical Society and the Washington Pavilion of Arts and Science
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Monday, October 8th, 2018 at 8:05pm PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14T E 683505 N 4823682
Decimal Degrees43.54353333, -96.72853333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 43° 32.612', W 96° 43.712'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds43° 32' 36.72" N, 96° 43' 42.72" W
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Area Code(s)605
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 301 S Main Ave, Sioux Falls SD 57104, US
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