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Title
Woodward
College
High
School
1841
Subject
Schools--Ohio
Woodward College (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Woodward High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Bond Hill (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Time Period
1930s
1940s
Place
Cincinnati (Ohio)
Hamilton County (Ohio)
Description
William
Woodward
(1768-1833)
and his
wife
Abigail
first
started
as the
Woodward
Free
Grammar
School
as an
effort
of
educated
the
city's
poor
. The
growth
of the
public
school
system
around
1829
caused
him to
reevaluate
his
goals
for the
school
.
Additional
land
was
purchased
, and a
new
school
built
. The
Woodward
High
School
of
Cincinnati
opened
October
1831
in a
two
story
brick
building
on
Franklin
Street
in the
Bond
Hill
community
of
Cincinnati
, and was the
first
high
school
west
of the
Allegheny
Mountains
. The
school's
thorough
education
caused
trustee's
to
apply
to
collegiate
powers
,
which
were
granted
.
Woodward's
College
Department
opened
January
1936
, in the
same
building
as the
high
school
, and
alumni
of the
school
earned
degrees
at
graduation
. The
school
continue
to
grow
, and by
1841
, a
third
story
was
added
, and
plans
were
undertaken
to
construct
bigger
facilities
,
which
were
completed
in
1855
. "
Old
Woodward
",
designed
by
John
R
.
Hamilton
in the
English
-
Gothic
style
, was
located
on the
corner
of
Woodward
Street
and
Sycamore
Street
, and was
one
of the
first
buildings
in
America
to
use
terracotta
as
exterior
decoration
.
Around
1850
,
public
schools
were
continuing
to
grow
, and
it
was
becoming
apparent
that the
need
for the
Woodward
as a
private
institution
was
waning
. The
high
school
was
suspended
,
so
that the
college
portion
of the
school
could
survive
on the
remaining
funds
.
Money
ran
out
,
however
, and the
College
Department
closed
in
1851
. Not
wanting
to
close
the
school
entirely
,
especially
with a
new
building
underway
, the
board
decided
reinstate
the
high
school
and
joined
the
Cincinnati
public
school
system
later
that
same
year
,
changing
their
name
to the
Cincinnati
Woodward
High
School
. In
1860
, the
remains
of
William
Woodward
and his
wife
were
placed
in a
stone
vault
on
school
grounds
near
the
Broadway
Street
entrance
, to
honor
his
dedication
to the
school
and in
1878
, a
monument
and
statue
were
placed
over
the
tomb
. A
new
building
was
constructed
on
Sycamore
Street
in
between
1908
to
1910
. The
Second
Renaissance
Revival-style
structure
was
designed
by
local
architect
Gustav
Drach
. In
1950
, this
building
became
the
Abigail
Cutter
Junior
High
School
, and
Woodward
High
School
moved
to a
new
building
on
Reading
Road
. From
1976
to
2010
, the
School
for
Creative
and
Performing
Arts
(SCPA)
used
the
building
on
Sycamore
Street
,
which
plans
to
move
to
new
facilities
adjacent
to
Cincinnati
Music
Hall
in the
fall
of
2010
. The
future
of the
Sycamore
Street
building
currently
remains
undecided
.
Notable
people
associated
with the
school
include
:
Joseph
Ray
, the
school's
first
principal
,
teacher
of
mathmatics
and
author
a
series
of
algebra
textbooks
;
William
McGuffy
,
teacher
and
author
of
many
well
known
spellers
and
readers
; and
former
U.S
.
President
William
Taft
,
who
is
an
alumni
(1874)
.
It
is
also
interesting
to
note
that
William
Woodward's
home
was
built
on the
site
of the
Sycamore
Street
school
, in
1832
(before
the
school
was
built)
. The
house
was
lived
in by
Henry
Rucher
, and
early
principal
and
teacher
, and was
commonly
known
as the
Rucher
House
. From
1856
-
1863
,
Levi
Coffin
, "
President
" of the
Underground
Railway
, and his
wife
Catherine
,
lived
in this
home
. The
home
later
served
as the
Good
Samaritan
Hospital
for a
short
time
, and
St
.
Luke's
Hospital
,
before
eventually
being
demolished
in
order
to
build
the
new
school
, in
1907
.
Creator
Ohio
Federal
Writers
'
Project
Collection
Ohio
Guide
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Source
State
Archives
Series
1039
AV
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
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