The Technical High School

The Technical High School started life as the Springfield Industrial Institute in the mid 1890s  and eventually became a public school. The local firm of Eugene & George Gardner designed the main building, which these pictures depict. Soon after it was built, additions were made to the the building, which brought the building all the way across the block to Spring Street. These additions have been demolished for  parking for the new federal courthouse. The school was closed in 1986 when it and Classical High School were combined into the new Central High School. There are plans to build a new state-run data backup facility on the site that would retail the facade of the building. These plans have been held up by calls for the facility to be sited at a different location.