Lorain Catholic Dedicated – Nov. 23, 1969

It’s still strange to remember that for a time beginning at the end of the 1960s, Lorain had four high schools: the ‘original’ (so to speak) Lorain High School, Admiral King High School, Southview High School and Lorain Catholic High School.

Today, with all of the city’s public high school students consolidated at the new Lorain High School, all three of the old public high school school buildings are gone.

Only the former Lorain Catholic High School building is still standing, repurposed as the home of Horizon Science Academy charter school.

But back on November 23, 1969, Lorain Catholic was brand new and ushering in a new era for those students that desired a Catholic education, having replaced the old St. Mary High School (which I wrote about here.)

The photo and caption below appeared in the Journal on November 22, 1969, the eve of the dedication.

According to its Wiki entry, Lorain Catholic closed in 2004.

But the building’s architecture is still fresh and modern, and the campus is attractive, so it’s nice to see that it is still a center of learning.

Courtesy Horizon Science Academy

The view this past Sunday

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I did attend Lorain Catholic – briefly. I took one summer school class there. For the life of me, I can’t remember if it was Personal Typing or Problems of Democracy.

If it was Personal Typing (and I think it was), I should have paid more attention. I seem to rely on those skills more than ever now (thanks to this blog and having to text people) and I’m still a lousy typist.