Norwood in Hamilton County, Ohio — The American Midwest (Great Lakes)

Norwood High School

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, March 30, 2021

1. Norwood High School Marker

Inscription. In 1910, voters approved a $275,000 bond issue to construct this school on seven and one-half acres of an old orchard on Sherman Avenue. Opened in 1914, Norwood High School offered standard educational classes as well as home economics, manual training, and commercial courses. Increased enrollment required additions of an east wing in 1924, a west wing in 1931, and a field house in 1927. Adding a technical building in 1950 provided Norwood with one of the first vocational education programs in the area. A source of community pride, this building has been a high school, junior high school, and middle school.

Erected 2014 by Norwood City Schools Alumni Association; Norwood High School Scholarship Foundation; Norwood Historical Society; The Ohio Historical Society. (Marker Number 85-31.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Education. In addition, it is included in the Ohio Historical Society / The Ohio History Connection series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1910.

Location. 39° 9.661′ N, 84° 27.493′ W. Marker is in Norwood, Ohio, in Hamilton County. It is on Sherman Street just east of Walter Avenue, on the left when traveling east. The marker stands in front of the current Norwood Middle School.

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Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 2060 Sherman Avenue, Cincinnati OH 45212, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Greater Cincinnati.

It is also in the American Midwest

and in the Ohio River Valley.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

and the Northwest Territory.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: St. Aloysius Orphanage (approx. 0.9 miles away); Evanston - World War One Honor Roll (approx. 1.2 miles away); James Warren Rankin / Ohio's Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday (approx. 1.3 miles away); Xavier University Armory (approx. 1.3 miles away); King Records (approx. 1½ miles away); St. Marys World War Marker (approx. 1.9 miles away); Pleasant Ridge - World War One Marker (approx. 2 miles away); Miss Doherty's College Preparatory School for Girls (approx. 2.4 miles away).

Norwood High School image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Rev. Ronald Irick, March 30, 2021

2. Norwood High School

Credits. This page was last revised on July 8, 2023. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. This page has been viewed 913 times since then and 61 times this year. Last updated on July 7, 2023, by Grant & Mary Ann Fish of Galloway, Ohio. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 31, 2021, by Rev. Ronald Irick of West Liberty, Ohio. • Devry Becker Jones was the editor who published this page.