However, by the 1870s, Newmarket's growth had rendered the original school inadequate to the task of educating the town's youth.

So, in 1876, at a cost of $6,000, a new building was constructed at the southeast corner of Pearson and Prospect Streets in Newmarket, where the school was located for most of its history.

On March 16, 1893, a temperamental wood-burning furnace put an end to this building and its additions when it set off a fire that burnt the school to the ground.

By the 1990s, however, it had become clear that the existing building could no longer cope with local population growth and its facilities were becoming increasingly outdated.

[4] A significant portion of NHS's graduating classes goes on to pursue post-secondary education at universities across Canada (mostly in Ontario).