Nebraska City High School and Junior High School

Nebraska City High School and Junior High School. . , For more than eight decades , from 1911 until 1995 , two historic buildings, located just south of this marker, were the sites of Nebraska City High School and Junior High School. The schools were on the east and west sides of South 9th Street and filled approximately the space occupied by the current middle school. At various times in the histories of the early buildings, each served as either a junior or senior high. , The imposing, columned gray structure on the west was Nebraska City’s third public high school. The first, built in 1865 at 6th Street and 4th Corso, was known as “the first high school building west of the Missouri River.” The second NCHS was housed in a frame building at 10th Street and 2nd Corso. In 1911, the classical-style, columned, gray structure opened at this location, becoming the city’s newest high school. , In 1928 a red brick school constructed across the street to the east was one of the first in the nation designed specifically for use as a junior high school. However, in 1945 the buildings switched roles to accommodate changing student needs, with the newer, larger building becoming Nebraska City High School and the smaller gray building being designated the junior high school. Together, the two buildings formed a campus with students crossing back and forth between them for classes. , In 1964, the last senior high school class graduated from the red brick building and a new NCHS opened that fall at the west end of Central Avenue, which is still the high school today. The gray building was demolished in August 1964 and the red brick building again became a junior high school. It continued to serve students through 1994 when the new middle school was completed. In March, 1995, the red brick building was razed. No trace of the original buildings remain at this site today.