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Washington High School was a high school in Portland, Oregon, United States, from 1906 to 1981. It was part of the Portland school district. After fire destroyed the original building, a new building was completed in 1924. The 1924 building was vacant for many years. In October 2013, plans to renovate the building for commercial use were advancing, with a mix of retail and office use planned.〔 New Seasons Market will relocate its offices to the building in 2015. The former auditorium was repurposed as a music venue called Revolution Hall, which opened in February 2015. ==School history== The first Washington High School was originally named East Side High School. It opened in September 1906, with classes temporarily held in an elementary school while its permanent building was being constructed and moved into its permanent building in February 1907, located at SE 14th and Stark. The East Side High School was renamed Washington in 1909. The original building was destroyed by fire on October 25, 1922.〔("School Blaze Is Laid To Fire Bug" ) (October 26, 1922). ''The Morning Oregonian'', p. 1.〕 A replacement was constructed on the same site, made of reinforced concrete with a brick surface.〔"New Schools Finished" (August 24, 1924). ''The Sunday Oregonian'', p. 11〕 Designed by the Portland architectural firm of Houghtaling & Dougan, the new building also featured terra cotta trim.〔"School Plans Are Ready; Washington Designs To Be Taken Up Wednesday" (April 22, 1923). ''The Sunday Oregonian'', p. 15.〕 It opened for students on September 2, 1924.〔"High School Too Small; New Washington Building Already Has Student Surplus" (September 17, 1924). ''The Morning Oregonian'', p. 8.〕 Due to the baby boom and passing of a $25 million building levy by the school district in 1947, a new gymnasium was slated to be built.〔 In fall 1978, Washington High School merged with Monroe High School and became Washington/Monroe High School. Monroe H.S. was an all-girls vocational sister school to Benson Polytechnic High School. It was established in 1917 at Southwest 14th and Morrison and was named Girls Polytechnic High School until fall 1967, when it was renamed James Monroe High School. Monroe High School had only 470 students in fall 1977, the smallest enrollment of any public high school in Portland.〔 Washington's enrollment had declined sharply in the 1970s, from 1,504 in the 1968–69 school year to 773 in the 1977–78 school year, leading to the decision to merge the two schools, on the Washington H.S. campus. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Portland Public Schools (PPS) was faced with declining enrollment overall, as well, and targeted Cleveland High School (originally Clinton Kelly High School of Commerce) for closure. The Cleveland High School property was divided into two parcels: The site of the school building and the site of the athletic field, originally the site of the Clinton Kelly mansion. Clinton Kelly, an early Portland settler and minister, specified that the property was to be used solely for a public school. If the property was used for any other purpose, or put up for sale, the property would revert to the Kelly estate, and to the living heirs of Clinton Kelly. PPS ultimately decided to close Washington H.S. ("Washington/Monroe" by then), and keep Cleveland H.S. open. Washington/Monroe High School closed in May 1981. Enrollment at the end was 883 students. 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「Washington High School (Portland, Oregon)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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