Alumni Association’s Historical Committee members, Barry Combs ’50 and Jim Wigton ‘66 have assembled a timeline that spans from 1854 to 2008.  The timeline contains interesting architectural drawings, little-known facts and you will even see a picture of Style Book author, Sara Vore Taylor, Central originally employed only 5 teachers and the history culminates with […]

Central Alum, Orville D. Menard ’51, has produced this remarkable history of Central High School.  It follows Central from 1900-2009 and includes facts about the building before it was a school as well as the many face of CHS after becoming a school.  Even back in 1897 overcrowding and inadequate ventilation were challenges.  The Monument […]

1898 State champions in football, the entire team poses with Coach Crawford.  Opponents included Bellevue College and teams as far away as Des Moines and Tekamah.

This reverse version of 70s era conversation pit briefly stood in the east lobby.  For many years a replica of the Liberty Bell, donated by Brandeis department store, occupied the space.  Made of paper maché, the bell disintegrated, the reverse pit replaced it.  The reverse pit was removed in the early ’80s.