Central High School

3616 Garrison, St. Louis (Independent City), Missouri. County/parish: St. Louis.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places October 17, 2012. NRIS 12000873.

1 contributing building.

Also known as:

  • Central Visual &amp
  • Performing Arts High School
  • Yeatman High School

From Wikipedia:

Central Visual and Performing Arts High School

Central Visual and Performing Arts High School (formerly Central High School) is a magnet high school in St. Louis, Missouri, part of the St. Louis Public Schools.

Founded in 1853, Central High School is the oldest public high school west of the Mississippi River, although it has moved several times and merged with a magnet school in 1984. Central VPA specializes in the arts, with students taking courses in three art majors, including visual art, musical art, and performing art, with focuses on ceramics, drawing and painting, photography, instrumental music, vocal music, dance, and theater.

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National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/63818002

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