Lima High School

Lima, Ohio

Historical Photos of Lima High School and Franklin School

At the turn of the century a new high school was needed and controversy brewed over where to locate it. The Board of Education decided to locate the high school between McDonel and Pierce streets with the building facing High Street. 
Lima High School, later to become known as Central High School, took 182 days to complete. The building opened in 1905 and cost $75,000. Today the Federal Building occupies that site.

Franklin Elementary School occupied the North Street portion of the Central High School site although the schools were not joined for another 20 plus years.