Gresham High School Aerial Photo
1960-1970
Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
Aerial view, Gresham High School, after addition of auditorium and swimming pool. View is facing east and shows some of the neighborhood west of the school and farmland east of the school. Division St. visible at right side of photo (south of school) has two jogs, one toward the north and one toward the south that were taken out at some point. Burnside runs through the upper left corner of the photograph. Main Avenue is clearly visible in the lower part of the photo and has quite a bit of traffic on it.
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- Identifier
- ghs2040
- Description
- Aerial view, Gresham High School, after addition of auditorium and swimming pool. View is facing east and shows some of the neighborhood west of the school and farmland east of the school. Division St. visible at right side of photo (south of school) has two jogs, one toward the north and one toward the south that were taken out at some point. Burnside runs through the upper left corner of the photograph. Main Avenue is clearly visible in the lower part of the photo and has quite a bit of traffic on it.
- Rights
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- Location
- Gresham, Multnomah County, Oregon, United States
- Date
- 1960-1970
- Subject
- Gresham High School
- Aerial photographs
- Aerial views
- Photographs
- Provenance
- The Gresham High School building was completed in 1915 and opened the following school year. Previously, high school classes were taught in a schoolhouse that is on the current site of West Gresham Elementary School. A ninth-grade class was created during the 1902-03 school year, and a grade was added each year until the first senior class graduated in 1906. There were two graduates in the "pioneer class" of 1906. In 1922, a gymnasium and auditorium were built, followed by a south wing of classrooms in 1936. In 1940, extensive alterations to the original building were made through the Works Progress Administration, including the current gym, an updated auditorium, a north wing of classrooms, and an agriculture building. Prior to 1953, the Gresham High boundaries extended from the Columbia River to the north, 92nd street to the west, Damascus to the south and the Sandy School District to the east. In the fall of 1954, David Douglas started and included the area from Glisan north to the Columbia River; in 1959, Centennial carved out an area approximately from 181st to the David Douglas School District; and in 1968, Sam Barlow took the students from Orient-Damascus and east of 242nd.
- Format
- Print, Photographic
- Collection
- School
- Item sets
- School
Part of Gresham High School Aerial Photo
