[3] Curriculum was designed by Shawan and Ohio State University President William Oxley Thompson and intended to fight the 8th grade dropout rate which was the time that many children left school to begin working and resulting in a 7% graduation rate in the city from high school.

[3] Until spring 2007 the building housed the Indianola Alternative Elementary School when students moved to the old Everett Junior High.

[6] In 2018, Ohio State University purchased the property for $2.35 million in order to save and preserve.

[10] Constructed of buff-colored stretcher bond brick, the Art Deco-inspired three-story junior high school features 18 bay walls with light recessed windows and balconies.

[11] As of 1980, the interiors incorporated various elements of the original building on 16th Avenue, including oak woodwork and wainscoting.