Cass, Lewis, Technical High School
National Register of Historic Places

Cass, Lewis, Technical High School

Detroit, Michigan
Listed
March 29, 2011
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
10000644

About this property

Lewis Cass Technical High School (simply referred to as Cass Tech) is a four-year public magnet high school in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. It was established in 1907 and is part of the Detroit Public Schools Community District. It is named after army officer, politician, and slavery advocate Lewis Cass. Until 1977, Cass was Detroit's only magnet school and the only non-neighborhood enrollment school in Detroit. It remains one of few magnet schools in Detroit. Entrance is based on test scores and middle school grades. Students are required to choose a curriculum path—roughly equivalent to a college "major" —in the ninth grade. Areas of study include among others arts and communication, business management and marketing, engineering and manufacturing, human services, and science and arts.

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Detroit, Michigan
42.33972, -83.05900
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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Cass, Lewis, Technical High School listed on the National Register?

Cass, Lewis, Technical High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 29, 2011.

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Cass, Lewis, Technical High School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Cass, Lewis, Technical High School is recorded as the industrial era, specifically around 1907.

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