The original building is designated a Denver Landmark under the name of Emily Griffith Opportunity School.

Following its publication, she persuaded the Post and local trolley cars to promote the idea.

In May 1916, Griffith received the condemned Longfellow School at 13th and Welton Streets from the Denver Board of Education.

[5] Public television in Denver, directed by Jim Case, signed on January 30, 1956, from a studio in an auto body shop at the school.

The main campus, located at 1860 Lincoln Street in Denver, houses many of the school's Career Technical Education (CTE) programs, along with Adult Basic Education (ABE) classes for those seeking their GED, as well as the English Language Acquisition (ELA, also known as ESL) programs.