Initially, classes were held in the basement of the Universalist church on Prospect Avenue.
[2] This was in use until 1878, when a larger, gothic style building, featuring a large clock tower donated by alumna Laura Spelman Rockefeller, opened at 2201 East 55th Street.
[3] In December 1900, the Cleveland chapter of Gamma Sigma Fraternity was organized at Central High School.
Opposition was dropped by making the fraternity an interscholastic one, where students of all Cleveland high schools being eligible to join.
The final home of Central High School was built in 1940, at 2225 East 40th Street.