Blair High School (Blair, Nebraska)

	Blair High School
	U.S. National Register of Historic Places
	Former high school building, built in 1899
Location	Blair, Nebraska
Coordinates	41°32′24″N 96°8′12″W / 41.54000°N 96.13667°W
Built	1899
Architect	John Latenser, Sr.
Architectural style	Colonial Revival, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.	91000300
Added to NRHP	March 14, 1991

Blair High School is a public high school in Blair, Nebraska, United States. It is a part of Blair Community Schools. The 140,000-square-foot (13,000 m²) building was built in 1970 at a cost of $2.2 million. Sitting on 75 acres (300,000 m²) of land, it services approximately 750 students.

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.^[2] The building has been converted to apartments, offices, and a social hall.^[3]

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 month.

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.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
^ "Nebraska National Register Properties in Washington County". Retrieved 2007-10-09.
^ "Blair". Archived December 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Nebraska's Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway. Archived December 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-11-04.

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[nris-1] "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.

[2] "Nebraska National Register Properties in Washington County". Retrieved 2007-10-09.

[lc-3] "Blair". Archived December 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Nebraska's Lewis & Clark Scenic Byway. Archived December 14, 2010, at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 2010-11-04.

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