National Register of Historic Places

Lehman, John H., High School

Canton, Stark County, Ohio
Listed
August 24, 2017
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
100001508

About this property

John H. Lehman High School was a public high school in the Canton City School District. It was named for John House Lehman, "in honor of his extensive, untiring, and unselfish efforts for the public school system." In August 2017, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Lehman was built on the site of the original North High School in 1920 and served as a junior high until 1932, when it started to add grades above 9th grade. From 1920 to 1937 Lehman was a feeder school to Canton McKinley High School. The first class graduated in 1938. Due to projections for declining enrollment in Canton City Schools, Lehman and Lincoln High School were closed as traditional high schools at the end of the 1975–76 school year and both buildings became junior highs. A new Lehman Middle School was opened in 2004 on 13th St. and Broad Ave. NW, moving the students out of the old Lehman and to the new one. It was used on a temporary basis housing students while several elementary schools in Canton were being razed and rebuilt. Around 2009, after the district discovered trespassing in the building, they had electricity suspended as a deterrent. On August 24, 2017, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. === Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships === Pre-Federal League History, Hoover Vikings Football

Location

1120 15th St. NW.
Canton, Stark County, Ohio
40.81403, -81.38310

Categories

ARCHITECTURE
Sources

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

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Lehman, John H., High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on August 24, 2017.

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Lehman, John H., High School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Lehman, John H., High School is recorded as the industrial era.

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