University High School

University High School, n.d.

 

The University of Illinois Laboratory High School opened in 1921, but the history of the school predates the building. In 1882, the University of Illinois established a Preparatory Department. In 1901, this school the Academy of the University of Illinois. In 1910, there was a proposal for the academy to be closed and a laboratory school to be opened under the control of the College of Education. Construction for this school began in 1918, but it was used as a army training hospital during World War I. It opened as a school building on September 12, 1921.

 

University Laboratory High School (Urbana) Photographs Envelope, Champaign County Historical Archives Photograph Collection.

 

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