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Church Glass and Decorating Company Census

Academic High School, Auburn, New York

Note: the text in the square brackets ([...]) are a short form of references which have been used to deduce the corresponding information.
The meaning of the site and item attributes is explained in the glossary.

Site Id: 3.8.5
Rating: Nothing
Other name(s): Central High School
Address: W. Garden Street
Location: Auburn, New York 13021, USA
Lat/Lng: 42.93449, -76.56845
Completeness: High
Building status: Extant
Building date: 1888 (Academic High School) [AAHS1906]; 1940 (Central High School) [ACA1940A, ACA1940B]
Architect: Wallace P. Beardsley (Central High School) [ACA1940B]
Comment: Academic High School demolished in 1933 and replaced on same site by Central High School, which closed in 1970, with building converted for commercial use in ca. 2000 [ROB2017]
See also: David and Helen Maitland Armstrong Census

Site Items

3.8.5.1: Class of 1905 Window: globe and stars symbolizing astronomy (1905) (Removed)
3.8.5.2: Class of 1906 Window: symbolical of literature (1906) (Removed)

Item 3.8.5.1

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [AC1983]
Memorial name: Class of 1905 Window
Description: globe and stars symbolizing astronomy [AC1905]
Signature:
Documentation: [AC1905, AAHS1906]
Memorial details:
Donor: Class of 1905 [AB1905A, AB1905B, AB1905C, AB1905D, AC1905]
Date: Unveiled 22 Dec 1905 [AC1905]
Inscription: Non in verbis sed in opibus [AB1905C, AC1905]
Category: Ornamental
Location: southeast gable of the assembly room [AB1905B]
Cost: $165 [AB1905D, AC1905, DEDUCED]
History: Sold at auction in Central High School, 6 Nov 1983 [AC1983]
Comment: Maitland Armstrong also bid for the contract to make the window [AB1905D]

Item 3.8.5.2

Glossary (of terms) and References (as found in square brackets [...])

Status: Removed [AC1983]
Memorial name: Class of 1906 Window
Description: symbolical of literature [AAHS1906]
Signature:
Documentation: [AC1906, AAHS1906]
Memorial details:
Donor: Class of 1906 [AC1906, AAHS1906]
Date: Presented 21 Dec 1906 [AC1906]
Inscription:
Category: Ornamental
History: Sold at auction in Central High School, 6 Nov 1983 [AC1983]

References

AAHS1906: The Auburn Academic High School, Alumni Directory 1866-1906 (1906, p. 38)
AB1905A: Auburn Bulletin (28 Feb 1905, p. 6)
AB1905B: Auburn Bulletin (10 Mar 1905, p. 6)
AB1905C: Auburn Bulletin (31 Mar 1905, p. 5)
AB1905D: Auburn Bulletin (26 Sep 1905, p. 6)
AC1905: Auburn Citizen (23 Dec 1905, p. 5)
AC1906: Auburn Citizen (21 Dec 1906, p. 6)
AC1983: Auburn Citizen (7 Nov 1983, p. 1)
ACA1940A: Auburn Citizen-Advertiser (14 Mar 1940, p. 6)
ACA1940B: Auburn Citizen-Advertiser (18 Mar 1940, p. 6)
DEDUCED: Deduced from other information
ROB2017: Preservation of Public School Buildings in Upstate New York, Chapter 2, Andrew Roblee (Oct 2017)

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