Florence High School is the

high school A secondary school describes an institution that provides secondary education and also usually includes the building where this takes place. Some secondary schools provide both '' lower secondary education'' (ages 11 to 14) and ''upper seconda ...

for the town of

Florence, Arizona , settlement_type = Town , image_skyline = Main Street original town-site of Florence Arizona National Register of Historic Places.jpg , imagesize = , image_caption = Main Street of the original town ...

. It is administered by the

Florence Unified School District The Florence Unified School District is a school district serving grades K-12 in Florence and San Tan Valley, Arizona. Elementary schools Florence USD elementary schools serve grades K-8. *Anthem K-8 *Circle Cross Ranch K-8 S.T.E.M. Academy *Co ...

History

Its current front building opened in 1916. It was designed by Lescher & Kibbey, Phoenix architects who "dominated the design of educational buildings in Arizona". The

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structure incorporates elements of the

Spanish Revival The Spanish Colonial Revival Style ( es, Arquitectura neocolonial española) is an architectural stylistic movement arising in the early 20th century based on the Spanish Colonial architecture of the Spanish colonization of the Americas. In the ...

style popular in the region. A one-story design was chosen, as many students would have traveled several miles on foot or on horseback. The building's orientation helped to keep temperature in the rooms, cooling in the summer and heating in the winter. In addition, the area under the front arches once featured windows and doors that opened at the front and back of the auditorium, creating a cooling cross breeze.Florence HS historical marker
/ref> The front building was listed on the

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on June 22, 1987, for its architecture, as well as for its significance as "a well-preserved example of institutional architecture in the early statehood period of Arizona history". The original central entry was filled in, leaving nothing behind the arches. This was the case at the time of the NRHP nomination of this building in the Florence MRA. Since then, a central entry with windows and doors has been restored.

References

{{authority control Schools in Pinal County, Arizona School buildings completed in 1916 Neoclassical architecture in Arizona School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Arizona Public high schools in Arizona National Register of Historic Places in Pinal County, Arizona Florence, Arizona International Baccalaureate schools in Arizona 1916 establishments in Arizona