Central High School (Cleveland, Ohio)

Central High School was a public high school in the Central neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1846[1] and merged with East Tech in 1952.[2] It had several locations during its existence. The school served white and African American students.

Boarded up Central High School building
Not to be confused with Cleveland Central High School in Mississippi. For other schools with the same name, see Central High School.

History

It was the first high school in Cleveland and the first free public high school west of the Alleghenies. The school began in a Universalist church basement. After Ohio City was annexed to Cleveland, West High School was established as a division of the school since state law allowed only one public high school in Cleveland.[3]

Notable teachers

Alumni
Langston Hughes at Central High
  • Charles Francis Brush, inventor and industrialist[5]
  • Benjamin O. Davis Jr., first African-American to graduate from West Point since 1889. First African-American brigadier general in the USAF. Promoted to four-star general by President Bill Clinton.[6]
  • Harry Edward Davis, lawyer and Ohio state legislator [7]
  • Russell Howard Davis, educator, activist, and historian. An alumnus, he returned to the school as its principal.[8]
  • John Patterson Greene, the "Father of Labor Day"[9]
  • Louis William Greeve, industrial designer and pioneer in the aerospace industry [10]
  • Marcus A. Hanna, businessman and U.S. Senator. Served as Chairman of the Republican National Committee. [11]
  • Langston Hughes, poet, social activist, novelist, playwright, and columnist [12]
  • Helen Haiman Joseph, the "grandmother of American puppetry" because of her practical and scholarly knowledge of marionettes[13]
  • "Mickey" Katz, American musician and comedian who specialized in Jewish humor[14]
  • Mary Brown Martin, the first African-American woman elected to the Cleveland, Ohio school board [15]
  • Carman Sumner Newsome, African-American movie star, musician, and leader of a prominent jazz band[16]
  • Lila Pauline Robeson, international opera star and the first Cleveland-born artist to sing with the Metropolitan Opera in New York [17]
  • John D. Rockefeller Sr., businessman and philanthropist.[18]
  • John L. Severance, industrialist and philanthropist [19]
  • Noble Sissle, African-American composer, bandleader and vocalist [20]
  • Thaddeus Spratlen, business school professor[21]
  • Louis Stokes, attorney, civil rights pioneer, and politician who served 15 terms in the US House of Representatives [22]
  • Rachael Walker Turner, African-American soprano [23]
  • Joseph Louis Weinberg, Architect who pioneered urban-renewal and slum clearance efforts [24]
  • Adolph Weinberger, founder of Gray Drug Stores, Inc.[25]

References
  1. "CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case Western Reserve University. May 22, 2018.
  2. Ott, Thomas (February 26, 2011). "Cleveland's Central High School turned out leaders in many fields: Black History Month". The Plain Dealer.
  3. Pianka, Jim Dubelko with research support from Raymond L. "West High - Cleveland Builds its First Public High School on the West Side". Cleveland Historical.
  4. "Ronnick: Within CAMWS territory Helen M. Chesnutt (1880-1969), Black Latinist"(. Retrieved Feb. 18, 2022.)
  5. New York Times Obituary. "Charles F. Brush, scientist dead. Inventor of arc light. 80-years old." Feb. 18, 2022.(https://www.nytimes.com/1929/06/16/archives/charles-f-brush-scientist-dead-inventor-of-arc-light-80-years-old.html.}
  6. "GENERAL BENJAMIN OLIVER DAVIS JR". www.af.mil. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  7. "DAVIS, HARRY EDWARD". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  8. "Finding aid for the Russell Howard Davis Papers". catalog.wrhs.org. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  9. "GREEN, JOHN PATTERSON". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2019-04-12. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  10. "GREVE, LOUIS WILLIAM". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  11. "HANNA, MARCUS ALONZO". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2020-02-12. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  12. Schuessler, Jennifer (2018-08-09). "Langston Hughes Just Got a Year Older". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  13. "JOSEPH, HELEN HAIMAN". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  14. "KATZ, MEYER MYRON". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  15. Martin, Mary Brown. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case-Western Reserve University (https://case.edu/ech/articles/m/martin-mary-brown.Retrieved Feb. 18, 2022.)
  16. Newsome, Carman Sumner. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case-Western Reserve University (https://case.edu/ech/articles/n/newsome-carman-sumner.Retrieved Feb. 18, 2022.)
  17. "ROBESON, LILA PAULINE". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2018-05-11. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  18. Rockefeller, John D. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case-Western Reserve University (https://case.edu/ech/articles/r/rockefeller-john-d.Retrieved Feb. 18, 2022.)
  19. "SEVERANCE, JOHN LONG". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2019-05-31. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  20. "SISSLE, NOBLE". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  21. "Teacher, advocate and pioneer: Thaddeus Spratlen's trailblazing legacy". Fisher College of Business. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
  22. Mark Naymik, cleveland com (2015-07-20). "Louis Stokes diagnosed with lung and brain cancer". cleveland. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  23. "TURNER, RACHEL WALKER". Encyclopedia of Cleveland History | Case Western Reserve University. 2018-05-12. Retrieved 2022-09-15.
  24. Weinberg, Joseph Lewis. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case-Western Reserve University (https://case.edu/ech/articles/w/weinberg-joseph-lewis.Retrieved Feb. 18, 2022.)
  25. Weinberger, Adolph. Encyclopedia of Cleveland History. Case-Western Reserve University (https://case.edu/ech/articles/w/weinberger-adolph.Retrieved Feb. 18, 2022.)
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