Lewis and Clark High School |
In the 1880's Spokane was deeply affected by coming of the railroad and the Gold Rush in northern Idaho.There was a big need for new schools. |
An 8 room frame building, built in 1883, was replaced by a bigger brick structure in 1891 on this site. Another school was built in the north of the city in 1908, but it burned in 1910. |
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Lewis and Clark High School is a 4 story brick structure designed in 1912 in the Gothic style by Spokane Architect, LL Rand. It is at the foot of the Spokane City's South Hill. It is known as a landmark. |
| When Lewis and Clark was finished, president Roosevelt came in 1912 to put in the cornerstone. There was a tradition that perhaps he accidently put in backwards. However, that tradition was proved not true during recent renovation and re-dedication of the building. |
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Revised: September 22, 2002 and March 19, 2004 |
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