Cape Girardeau Central High School

Southeast Missourian archive Central High School on Pacific street, circa 1920. Built 1914-15. Later served as junior high school, and in 1965 became Schultz School.

Central High School on Pacific Street opened in 1915. After classes began at the new Central High on Caruthers in 1953, the Pacific Street structure was was converted into a junior high school. Following construction of a new junior high in 1962, the old structure was gutted and redesigned as a seventh grade attendance center, Louis J. Schultz School. In 2009, after the structure housed the Alternative School and other programs, it opened as Schultz Apartments, housing seniors. This photo dates to around 1951. (Missourian archive photo by G.D. "Frony" Fronabarger)

The completed Cape Girardeau Central High School was dedicated Oct. 2, 1955. Construction on the building began in 1951; it's cost was $1,287,020. The school was designed by William B. Ittner Inc. of St. Louis. (Missourian archive photo by G.D. "Frony" Fronabarger)

Southeast Missourian archive The student body of Central High School gathered in front of the school along Caruthers Avenue in 1964.

Southeast Missourian archive Central High School is under construction on Caruthers Avenue in the early 1950s.

Southeast Missourian archive Central High School on Caruthers Avenue is shown in this undated photo.