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| Coordinates | 46°52′20″N96°47′42″W / 46.87222°N 96.79500°W |
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Central High School, of Fargo, North Dakota, was the first public high school in Fargo.
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| Coordinates | 46°52′20″N96°47′42″W / 46.87222°N 96.79500°W |
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| Established | 1882 |
Central High School, of Fargo, North Dakota, was the first public high school in Fargo.
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| Fargo Central High School, 1921-1966 |
Fargo High School and Grade School was a three-story structure built in 1882 at a cost of $40,000. The school had 21 rooms, and it housed all grades from 1 to 12 and had six teachers for the high school, and ten for the lower grades. The first graduating class in 1866 had five students, and in 1908 they had 51 graduates. The high school underwent an expansion in 1900, and sixteen years later, it was destroyed by fire. In 1921, a replacement, Fargo Central High School was built on the same site, and it too succumbed to fire on April 19, 1966. [1]
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