South Division High School is a public high school in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. South Division is part of the Milwaukee Public Schools.

History

The building was built after an 1890 motion by the Milwaukee Board of School Directors, as a second Milwaukee high school for the South Side. Thus, South Division is the second-oldest (1893) high school in the MPS system (after the old East Division High School, now called Riverside University High).

Demolition of old building

A new South Division High building opened September 7, 1977, just west of the old school. Almost nothing was brought over from the old building, but the crowning copper dome, "a South Side landmark since it was built in the 1890s" was preserved when the building was demolished in 1978. Efforts to bring it "back home" to be incorporated into the new building failed; and it was moved to Franklin and used as an antique store. It now ornaments a local gardening supply business, where it also houses a collection of old South Division memorabilia.

 
 

 

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