Leon High School - 1896 - Tallahassee, FL
Located on the north end of the block bounded by Duval, Tennessee and Bronough.Built: 1885 "With four large main rooms, two convenient class rooms and six hat and cloak closets."
Enlarged: 1890 "erected a spacious, two story wing, 40x20 feet, the exact counterpart of the original building."
Sold to W.H. Wilson in 1925 for $20,000. Became the Wilsonian Apartments. Demolished: 1978.
Leon High School - Tallahassee, FL
Located on the north side of Park Avenue between Duval and Bronoughwhere the LeRoy Collins Public Library now stands. Built: 1910. Became Lively Technical School
after the new Leon High School was built on Tennessee Street in 1936/37. Demolished: 196-.
The Current Building at 550 East Tennessee Street
Built by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) for $500,000, citizens thoughtthe school was too expensive, too far out of town and much too big with its three stories.
The locals were sure that there would never be enough students to fill the structure. In 1937,
the WPA project was complete and Leon High School opened its doors to the citizens
of Tallahassee and Leon County. Leon is still an architecturally beautiful and functional
school and in 1993, earned a spot on the National Register of Historic Places.