Richmond High School is a

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Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ...

, Indiana, United States. It is the home of the Richmond Red Devils, who are members of the North Central Conference of the Indiana High School Athletic Association (IHSAA). Prior to 1939, the school was known as Morton High School in honor of Indiana's Civil War Governor, Oliver P. Morton. The current principal of Richmond High is Rae Woolpy.

Facilities

Built in 1939-1941, the Colonial revival-style school originally consisted of an academic building called Morton Hall, a gymnasium called Civic Hall, and McGuire Hall, which houses the

Richmond Art Museum The Richmond Art Museum was founded in 1898 as the Art Association of Richmond, Indiana. Artist John Elwood Bundy and author and attorney William Dudley Foulke were instrumental in the founding. Permanent collection Its collection includes imp ...

. After outgrowing the Civic Hall gymnasium, the Tiernan Center was built as the home to boys' and girls' basketball, volleyball, and wrestling. The old Civic Hall gymnasium was converted into the

Civic Hall Performing Arts Center Civic Hall Performing Arts Center is a performance venue in Richmond, Indiana, US, owned and operated by Richmond Community Schools. The building is the former high school gymnasium, Civic Hall, on the campus of Richmond High School. In the late ...

, an auditorium which seats 924 and is home to the Richmond Symphony Orchestra in addition to other school and civic performing arts events. The current building consists of 500,000 square feet for instruction and student support services. ''Note:'' This includes
Site mapsketch map
and accompanying photographs It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2015.

Academics

Students can take AP courses in Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, English Language (composition), English Literature, Environmental Science, Government, US History, Physics, and Statistics. Additionally, students can undertake dual-credit coursework to earn college credit while attending the high school. Current dual-credit options are available through Earlham College, Indiana University East, Indiana University, and Ivy Tech Community College.

Athletics

RHS offers numerous sports for student athletes. This includes baseball (boys'), basketball, cross-country, football, golf, gymnastics (girls'), soccer, softball (girls'), tennis, volleyball (girls'), and wrestling. A bowling team for both boys and girls competes on the club level.

Notable alumni

* Timmy Brown, former

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running back and actor *

John Wilbur Chapman John Wilbur Chapman (June 17, 1859, Richmond, Indiana – December 25, 1918, New York, New York) was a Presbyterian evangelist in the late 19th century, generally traveling with gospel singer Charles Alexander. His parents were Alexander H. ...

, evangelist * Vice Admiral

Terry Cross Terry M. Cross (born 1947) is a retired United States Coast Guard Vice Admiral who served as Vice Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from July 2004 until June 2006. He served as the Coast Guard's second in command and was the Agency Ac ...

, Vice Commandant, United States Coast Guard * Nathan Davis, former

player *

George Duning George Duning (February 25, 1908 – February 27, 2000) was an American musician and film composer. He was born in Richmond, Indiana, and educated in Cincinnati, Ohio, at the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, where his mentor was Mario Castelnuo ...

, Oscar-nominated composer * Jack Everly, pops conductor, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra * Weeb Ewbank (Class of 1924), coach of the 1958 and 1959

champion

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and the Super Bowl III champion

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Vagas Ferguson Vasquero Diaz "Vagas" Ferguson (born March 6, 1957) is a former American college and professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for five seasons during the 1980s. Ferguson played college football ...

, football player *

Paul Flatley Paul Richard Flatley (born January 30, 1941 in Richmond, Indiana) is a former American football wide receiver who played for the Northwestern Wildcats from 1960 to 1962 and later in the National Football League from 1963 to 1970. In 1962, Fla ...

, former NFL Rookie-of-the-Year ( Minnesota Vikings) * Norman Foster, actor, director * Mary Haas, linguist * Jeff Hamilton, jazz drummer *

Micajah C. Henley Micajah C. Henley (1856–1927) was an American industrialist and inventor. He was a well known manufacturer of roller skates and bicycles sometimes known as "the roller skate king" or "king of roller skates". He did not invent the roller sk ...

, roller skate maker * William Holder, writer, author *

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, popular music artist *

Charles A. Hufnagel Charles A. Hufnagel, M.D. (August 15, 1916 – May 31, 1989) was an American surgeon who invented the first artificial heart valve in the early 1950s. Hufnagel was born in Louisville, Kentucky and reared in Richmond, Indiana. His father w ...

, artificial heart valve inventor * Dominic James, basketball player at Marquette University, 2006 Big East Rookie of the Year *

C. Francis Jenkins Charles Francis Jenkins (August 22, 1867 – June 6, 1934) was an American engineer who was a pioneer of early cinema and one of the inventors of television, though he used mechanical rather than electronic technologies. His businesses incl ...

, television pioneer * Jim Jones, founder-leader of Peoples Temple *

Melvyn "Deacon" Jones Melvyn "Deacon" Jones (December 12, 1943 – July 6, 2017) was a trumpet player and an organist and founding member of Baby Huey & the Babysitters. Biography In 1963 along with Johnny Ross and Jimmy Ramey, Jones formed Baby Huey & the Babysit ...

, blues organist *

Harry Keenan Harry George Keenan (June 15, 1867, Richmond, Indiana – April 18, 1944, Santa Ana, California) was an early American silent film actor. He starred in about 45 silent films mostly shot between 1912 and 1916, including '' The Highest Bid'', ...

actor *

Esther Kellner Esther Kellner (1908–1998) was a writer, animal lover, and director of Wayne County, Indiana Civil Defense. She was born in New Lisbon, Indiana and graduated from Morton High School in Richmond, Indiana in 1926. She began her writing career ...

, author * Jim Logan, football player * Johnny Logan, professional basketball player * Lamar Lundy, football player, one of the L.A. Rams

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* Kenneth MacDonald, actor * Dick Murley, former

player *

Daniel G. Reid Daniel Gray Reid (August 1, 1858 – January 17, 1925) was an American industrialist, financier, and philanthropist. Early in his career he manufactured tin plate with The American Tin Plate Company, and later U.S. Steel. He was known as the "Tinp ...

, industrialist and philanthropist * "

Singin' Sam Singin' Sam aka Harry Frankel (January 27, 1888, Springfield, Ohio -June 12, 1948, Richmond, Indiana) was a minstrel performer, vaudevillianDeLong, Thomas A. (1996). ''Radio Stars: An Illustrated Biographical Dictionary of 953 Performers, 1920 ...

", born Harry Frankel, radio star, minstrel *

Wendell Stanley Wendell Meredith Stanley (16 August 1904 – 15 June 1971) was an American biochemist, virologist and Nobel laureate. Biography Stanley was born in Ridgeville, Indiana, and earned a BSc in Chemistry at Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana. ...

, Nobel Prize winner *

Mel Thompson Mel Thompson may refer to: * Mel Thompson (writer), English writer and philosopher * Mel Thompson (basketball), American college basketball player and coach See also * Mel Thomson, microbiologist and science communicator * Meldrim Thomson Jr. Meld ...

, college basketball player and coach *

Bo Van Pelt Bo Van Pelt (born May 16, 1975) is an American professional golfer who has played on both the Nationwide Tour and the PGA Tour. He has featured in the top 20 of the Official World Golf Ranking. Van Pelt was born in Richmond, Indiana. He graduat ...

, professional golfer *

Burton J. Westcott Burton J. Westcott (1868–1926) was one of Springfield, Ohio’s most prominent citizens and successful businessmen. Life He was born in Richmond, Indiana, a son of John M. Westcott, who was the founder and president of the Hoosier Drill Company, ...

, automobile manufacturer *

Gaar Williams Gaar Campbell Williams (December 12, 1880 - June 15, 1935) was a prominent American cartoonist who worked for the ''Indianapolis News'' and the ''Chicago Tribune''. His scenes of horse-and-buggy days in small towns of the Victorian era included s ...

, cartoonist * Billy Wright, college basketball coach * Wilbur Wright, aviation pioneer *

Jennifer Niven Jennifer Niven is a New York Times and international best selling American author who is best known for the 2015 young adult book, ''All the Bright Places''. Life and career Niven grew up in Indiana. As well as writing novels, Niven has also ...

, Author "All The Bright Places"

References

External links

RHS official website
{{authority control School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Indiana School buildings completed in 1941 Colonial Revival architecture in Indiana Public high schools in Indiana Schools in Wayne County, Indiana Buildings and structures in Richmond, Indiana National Register of Historic Places in Wayne County, Indiana Education in Richmond, Indiana 1941 establishments in Indiana