Old Hillsborough County High School

at 2704 N Highland Ave, Tampa , 33602-1416 United States

1. High School
2. Local Business

Description

The Old Hillsborough County High School, which later became Thomas Jefferson Junior High School, is a historic school building now known as the D.W. Waters Career Center' in Tampa, Florida, United States. It is located at 2704 North Highland Avenue. On May 15, 2007, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places.Built in the city's Tampa Heights neighborhood in 1911 at a cost of $60,000, the old Hillsborough County High School building served what was then the county's only high school. Architect William Potter designed the three story masonry block building as a closed rectangle with an open center (since then it has been almost entirely filled). This was the third campus in the school's history and remained its home until 1928, when Hillsborough High School moved to its fourth and current campus ("County" was dropped from the name as by then the county had built an additional high school, Henry B. Plant High School).The building has served other schools since then, including Jefferson High School, which was founded there in 1939 and called the building home until 1967. The school had a large Hispanic and Italian population due to students who were from the Latino communities of Ybor City and West Tampa. After that it housed the former George Washington Junior High School until that institution was closed in 1979.

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Summary

Old Hillsborough County High School is Tampa based place and this enity listed in High School category. Located at 2704 N Highland Ave FL 33602-1416. Contact phone number of Old Hillsborough County High School: (813) 233-2655