Blair High School is a

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Blair Blair is a Scots-English-language name of Scottish Gaelic origin. The surname is derived from any of the numerous places in Scotland called ''Blair'', derived from the Scottish Gaelic ''blàr'', meaning "plain", "meadow" or " field", frequently ...

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. It is a part of Blair Community Schools. The building was built in 1970 at a cost of $2.2 million. Sitting on of land, it services approximately 750 students. The school's former building, built in 1889, has been listed on the

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since 1991. The original building was a two-story building in the

Richardsonian Romanesque Richardsonian Romanesque is a architectural style, style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after the American architect Henry Hobson Richardson (1838–1886). The revivalism (architecture), revival style incorporates 11th- and 12th-century ...

style, with a two-story

Colonial Revival The Colonial Revival architectural style seeks to revive elements of American colonial architecture. The beginnings of the Colonial Revival style are often attributed to the Centennial Exhibition of 1876, which reawakened Americans to the arch ...

addition in 1929 and a one-story flat brick annex added in 1969. The building has been converted to apartments, offices, and a social hall."Blair".

Retrieved 2010-11-04. The school's newspaper, known as ''The Bear Tracks'', is a student-made paper consisting of seven sections, and is issued at the end of every academic quarter. The school's colors are purple and white; its athletic teams are the Bears. Blair High School is a member of the Eastern Midlands Conference and competes in Class B athletics and in mostly Class A fine arts. Blair High School's main rivals include Elkhorn and Gretna.

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Public high schools in Nebraska School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Nebraska John Latenser Sr. buildings Schools in Washington County, Nebraska Richardsonian Romanesque architecture in Nebraska National Register of Historic Places in Washington County, Nebraska 1889 establishments in Nebraska Eastern Midlands Conference {{Nebraska-NRHP-stub