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Hughes High School is the second oldest high school in the Cincinnati public school system. The school was named after Thomas Hughes, a cobbler who willed his property to the city in order to educate the poor. The original Hughes High School was built in 1853 and located on Fifth and Mound Streets.

In 1910 a new school was built at the current location in University Heights. Designed by J. Walter Stevens, the school is of a Tudor Revival Collegiate with a 425-foot tower. The building exterior is lined with grotesques, which represent various disciplines like chemistry, geography, athletics, and history. The interior features colorful Rookwood drinking fountains.

Over the years, the school has expanded and underwent a complete renovation in 2008. The school also goes by Hughes Center and is a college preparatory school and has programs like STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Mathematics) and the Zoo Academy – a partnership with the Cincinnati Zoo that teaches students about wildlife.

Hughes High School is the second oldest high school in the Cincinnati public school system. Established with a bequest from cobbler Thomas Hughes whose shop was next door to William Woodward’s tanning store on Liberty Street between Main and Sycamore.

The trustees of the Hughes bequest allowed the estate to accumulate for 27 years until 1851 when the Woodward and Hughes funds were combined. Those children who lived east of Race St. attended classes at Woodward. Those who lived west of Race went to Central High until Hughes High School was completed in 1853 at the corner of Fifth and Mound Streets.

This structure was completed in 1910 in Clifton at the northwest corner of Clifton Ave. and West McMillan St.

Hughes High School celebrates 100 years at Clifton Avenue site
OCTOBER 18, 2010
On Oct. 10, the Hughes STEM High School community celebrated the building’s 100th birthday. While the school is best known for its current building — a massive structure replete with exterior gargoyles, Rookwood Pottery and Terrazzo floors – its history goes back 160 years. To Thomas Hughes.

Hughes, an immigrant from England, saw the need to educate all Cincinnati children, regardless of means. So, when he died, he left his property to the city, directing it to use the land for the education of Cincinnati’s poorest kids.

That was in 1824 and, initially, income from the property was used to educate indigent children at the private Woodward College. Over the years, the city grew and its educational needs evolved. In 1845, funds from the Hughes estate and those from the Woodward Fund were combined into the city’s common school funds. Central School on Longworth Street was renamed Hughes High School, the first actual building with that name.

The Oct. 10 event celebrated the school’s 100-year legacy since opening at its current location in 1910, as well as the recent completion of a -million renovation to enhance the STEM environment. Upgrades include new plumbing and electrical systems, a new central air-conditioning system and upgrades to technology and science labs.

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