Blair High School (Blair, Nebraska)

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.

Blair High School
Former high school building, built in 1899
LocationBlair, Nebraska
Coordinates41°32′24″N 96°8′12″W
Built1899
ArchitectJohn Latenser, Sr.
Architectural styleColonial Revival, Romanesque
NRHP reference No.91000300[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 14, 1991

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.

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