Blair High School (Nebraska)
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Blair High School is a public
high school
in Blair
, Nebraska
(USA). The 140000 square feet (13,006.4 m²) building was built in 1970 at a cost of $2.2 million. Sitting on 75 acres (303,514.5 m²) of land, it services approximately 750 students. Blair High School received the U.S. Department of Education's Secondary School Recognition Award in 1989.
The school's former building, built in 1889, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places
since 1991. The original building was a two-story building in the Richardsonian Romanesque
style, with a two-story Colonial Revival 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 High School had new carpets installed during the summer of 2009 as well as a new band room being completed.
The School's newspaper, known as the Bear Tracks, is a student-made paper consisting of 7 sections and is issued at the end of every month. Students create all the pieces and prepare the pages themselves in time for printing each month. The school's newspaper advisor is Bob Bair.
The school's colors are purple and white, and the mascot is the Bear.
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High school
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in Blair
Blair, Nebraska
Blair is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 7,990 at the 2000 census. Blair is a part of the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Statistical Area.- History :...
, Nebraska
Nebraska
Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River....
(USA). The 140000 square feet (13,006.4 m²) building was built in 1970 at a cost of $2.2 million. Sitting on 75 acres (303,514.5 m²) of land, it services approximately 750 students. Blair High School received the U.S. Department of Education's Secondary School Recognition Award in 1989.
The school's former building, built in 1889, has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
since 1991. The original building was a two-story building in the Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque
Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of Romanesque Revival architecture named after architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity Church, Boston , designated a National Historic Landmark...
style, with a two-story Colonial Revival 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 High School had new carpets installed during the summer of 2009 as well as a new band room being completed.
The School's newspaper, known as the Bear Tracks, is a student-made paper consisting of 7 sections and is issued at the end of every month. Students create all the pieces and prepare the pages themselves in time for printing each month. The school's newspaper advisor is Bob Bair.
The school's colors are purple and white, and the mascot is the Bear.