It was designed and built during a period from 1904 to 1906 as a public high school and remained as an educational facility until its closing in 1981.

It is a flat-roofed building on four floor levels, roughly square in plan.

The interior layout is characterized by a series of classrooms ringing an open court to allow maximum ventilation and light.

[2] Gompers School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.

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