{"nrhp_refnum":"87000984","name":"North High School","other_names":["North Adult Education Center High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"100 Arcadia Ave.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Columbus","county":"Franklin County","state":"OH","lat":40.01826874300008,"lon":-83.00840488899996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1987-07-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"North High School is a three-story brick school building at 100 Arcadia Avenue in Columbus, Franklin County, Ohio, designed by Frank L. Packard and built in 1922-23, with an athletic compound alongside it.","why_significant":"The nomination argues it is an excellent example of Jacobethan Revival school architecture, designed by prominent Columbus architect Frank L. Packard. Its plan, with an auditorium in the center and a gymnasium behind, and its spaces for art, music, science and industrial arts reflect the forefront of early 1920s school planning. It is also the only Jacobethan example among the major schools built in Columbus during that building program.","narrative":"North High School is a large three-story brick school at 100 Arcadia Avenue in Columbus, completed for the 1923-24 school year to replace an 1892 building that had been outgrown. Architect Frank L. Packard gave it red brick walls trimmed with stone quoins, belt courses and window surrounds, a stone balustrade set into the parapet, and richly carved entrance frames bearing inspirational mottoes. Inside, it provided for the newer high school subjects, including home economics, industrial arts, science laboratories, music and art, with a skylighted third-floor art gallery and studio loft. The auditorium sits in the center with the gymnasium behind. A brick stadium, fencing and track continue the same style. The school was the largest in the city from the 1920s through the 1940s and a leading college preparatory school. It closed as a high school in 1979 and now serves as an adult education center. It is the only Jacobethan example among the major schools of its building program.","period_of_significance":"1900- (specific dates 1922-23)","architect_builder":"Frank L. Packard","architectural_style":"Jacobethan Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"Closed as a high school in 1979; now continues as an adult continuing education center. Described as occupied, in excellent condition and altered.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:53:14.012439-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_OH/87000984.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000984/4818f9f1fd-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/87000984/4818f9f1fd-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Wdzinc","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_High_School_in_Columbus_Ohio.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Wdzinc</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_High_School_in_Columbus_Ohio.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/71988356","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_High_School_(Columbus,_Ohio)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7055602"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/ohio/franklin-county/north-high-school-87000984/"}