Central High School opened in 1904 at 1200 S. Barr between Lewis and Montgomery (now Douglas) Streets.

The new school was referred to as Fort Wayne High & Manual Training School (manual today is vocational), or simply as the Public High School. The munificent limestone Beaux-Arts building designed by local architect Charles R. Weatherhogg was constructed on part of the old Allen Hamilton homestead property.

*Fort Wayne Reader 1/24/2017 article written by Randy Harter http://www.fortwaynereader.com/story.php?uid=3144)