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Hillsboro High School (HHS) is a coed public high school〔http://www.ihsa.org/Schools/SchoolDirectory.aspx?url=/data/school/h.htm〕〔(/ Hillsboro High School home page. ) Retrieved September 20, 2011.〕 located in Hillsboro, Illinois (Pop. 6,207 2010 Census) () the county seat of Montgomery County, Illinois, in the United States. HHS is part of the (Hillsboro Community Unit School District 3 ).〔(Hillsboro School District ) Retrieved September 20, 2011.〕 ==History== In 1920, it was determined that the existing city high school on Fairground Ave. was no longer acceptable. After reorganizing the school's district, the decision was made to build a new school. The contract for the building designed by architect J. W. Kennedy was awarded on June 22, 1920 at a cost of about $250,000. The construction of the "new" Hillsboro High School was begun in 1920, and the school opened in the fall of 1921.〔 Sitting atop a hill located at 522 East Tremont Street, the North-facing red brick building is surrounded by trees. Through the years, into at least the mid-1960s, the campus was often named as the most beautiful in Illinois.〔(/ Hillsboro Home Page ) Retrieved September 20, 2011.〕 In 1938, the gymnasium, sited to the south of the main building was commissioned with financing for the project coming in part from Works Progress Administration (WPA)funds〔(/ The Hillsboro Guide. ) Retrieved September 20, 2011.〕 The agriculture building was added in the 1950s to the east of the gym, and the library/cafeteria building opened in 1962 just southeast of the main building. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hillsboro High School (Illinois)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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