High School, Champaign, Illinois
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| Title | High School, Champaign, Illinois |
| Description | 306 W. Green St., Champaign. |
| Interpretation | This new Champaign High School, designed by Spencer and Temple, to accommodate a thousand students, included a large auditorium, gymnasium, and pool. It opened in October 1914. The "old" high school at Hill and Randolph Streets became a grade school, Central School. In 1956 the high school moved to its present location on with University Avenue, exchanging buildings with the junior high school at that location. This building was renamed Edison Junior High School. It became Edison Middle School in 1977. |
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| Learning Standards | 16 History |
| Author or Creator | |
| Source | History in Postcards: Champaign, Urbana, and the University of Illinois. Willis C. Baker, Patricia L. Miller. Illinois Heritage Association, 1993. |
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| Temporal Coverage | 1914 |
| Collection Publisher | Illinois Heritage Association |
| Rights | Copyright Not Evaluated |
| Resource Identifier | iha00194 |
| Date Created | 08/26/02 |
| Collection Title | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community) |
| Collection | Teaching with Digital Content (Cultural Heritage Community) |
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High School, Champaign, Illinois |