The building was constructed for the Columbus Public School District in 1905, designed by local architect David Riebel and built by George Bellows Sr.

It features a rusticated limestone foundation, an elaborate bracketed cornice, a main entranceway of intricate carved sandstone with Neoclassical foliate details, and more simple side entrances with stone pilasters.

[4] Amid the Ohio Department of Transportation (ODOT)'s I-70/71 split project, the building was set to be torn down, as part of the long-range plan for the highways.

The school building, even if renovated into housing, was deemed to not provide fundamental services to the neighborhood that the park offers.

The building is planned to be renovated, to include office space in its basement and 27 apartments on the main and two upper floors.

[1] By 2017, Levi had replaced almost all of the roof, shored up rotted floors, remediated for asbestos, and removed piles of trash and debris.