Columbus has a large number of historic schools still standing, many of which serve various purposes. The Secondary Industrial School, in the Waverly Terrace neighborhood, was one of the first co-ed institutions in the nation to combine academics and vocational training. When it opened in 1906, it offered millinery, dressmaking, and business training for girls, and carpentry, pattern-making, machinist and business training, as well as cotton mill work. The school’s name changed to Columbus Industrial High School in 1912, and became Columbus Junior High School in 1939.
The monumental structure was one of the final works of J. W. Golucke, an architect primarily known for his courthouse designs…