Abstract
The Las Vegas High School architectural drawings include blueprints for various improvements, expansions, additions, and renovations performed for the Las Vegas, Nevada high school between 1929 and 1972. The architectural drawing sets include site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, building component details, and structural drawings.
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The Las Vegas High School architectural drawings include blueprints for various improvements, expansions, additions, and renovations performed for the Las Vegas, Nevada high school between 1929 and 1972. The architectural drawing sets include site plans, floor plans, elevations, sections, building component details, and structural drawings.
This collection includes drawings prepared by the following firms: George A. Ferris and Son Architects and Engineers; Claud Beelman and Herman Spackler Architect Associates; Ceco Steel Products Corporation (engineer); A. Lacy Worswick Co. Architects; R. J. Daum Construction Co.; S. A. Roberts & Co. (engineer); Wilson-Lane Construction Co.; Detroit Steel Products Co. (manufacturer); and W. M. Bostock Structural Engineer.
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Collection is open for research.
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Arrangement
Materials are arranged chronologically.
Biographical / Historical Note
Las Vegas High School (LVHS), the oldest standing school in Las Vegas, Nevada, dates back to the early 1900s and underwent a number of location and name changes over the course of its history.
Originally known as the Clark County School in 1902, the school's first official building finished construction in 1905 at the corner of 2nd Street and Lewis Avenue. This location burned down on October 29, 1910. In 1911, the school relocated to 4th Street and Lewis Avenue in a new building. The Union Pacific Railroad originally owned this land, but the Union Pacific Railroad deeded the land to the city for use as a public school.
In 1917, the school changed its name to the Las Vegas High School and opened at 4th Street and Clark Avenue, adjacent to the 4th Street and Lewis Avenue location. By 1930, the growing population of the city led to the construction of a new building at 7th Street and Bridger Avenue, which is today known as the Las Vegas Academy of the Arts. The National Register of Historic Places classified the original Las Vegas High School Academic Building and Gymnasium at the site as protected historic buildings due to their representation of 1930s art-deco style architecture.
The former Las Vegas High School building at 4th Street and Clark Avenue burned down on May 24, 1934. At that time, the building had been converted to be a part of the Las Vegas Grammar School, today known as the Historic Fifth Street School. The current location of Las Vegas High School is 6500 East Sahara Avenue.
Sources:
"History of the School." Las Vegas High School. Accessed April 19, 2019. https://www.lvwildcats.com/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=167985&type=d&pREC_ID=357225
"Las Vegas High School."
"National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form." Nevada State Historic Preservation Office. March 10, 1992. Accessed April 19, 2019. http://shpo.nv.gov/uploads/documents/64500438_-_Historic_School_Buildings_in_the_Evolution_of_the_Fifth_Supervision_School_District_MPDF.pdf
Preferred Citation
Las Vegas High School Architectural Drawings, 1929-1972. MS-00925. Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Acquisition Note
Materials were donated to UNLV University Libraries Special Collections and Archives; accession number 2019-032.
Processing Note
In 2019, as part of an archival backlog elimination project, Jimmy Chang rehoused and arranged the materials, wrote the finding aid and entered the data into ArchivesSpace.