7/26/2023 0 Comments Washington High--Sioux Falls, SD For over a century, the campus on the 300 block of South Main Avenue in downtown Sioux Falls has been a hub of learning. What was once Washington High School was one of the many architecturally magnificent central high schools constructed in the downtowns of cities small and large throughout the late 19th and early 20th centuries, including many cities and towns in South Dakota and Nebraska. Today, however, few of those buildings still serve as functioning public high schools. Their respective fates varied widely—some have been torn down, others have been repurposed as apartment complexes or charter schools, and far too many sit empty, crumbling and gathering dust. But what is now the Washington Pavilion is a shining example of how a historic school building can, in its second century and even long after the last school bell has rung, continue to serve as a center of learning and culture for its community.
The story of the Washington Pavilion begins in 1879, with the construction of the first school in Sioux Falls—Central School. Located near South Main Avenue and West 12th Street, Central School housed students from first through twelfth grades. But as Sioux Falls boomed, its student population quickly outgrew the space then available at old Central, and so planning began for what would become Washington High School. By Lindsay Hindman Read the entire story in the latest edition of Living Here magazine. Order yours today! 888-673-1081
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