[1] The school was constructed in 1927 to serve approximately 100 white-only students and served as the area's primary school until 1965.

[2][3] The school is owned and managed by the Palm Beach County School Board, which restored the interior of the building in 2006 at a cost of $6.4 million.

[4][5] The county continues to discuss more renovations in the future.

[6][7] The building was designed by architect William Manly King, who designed all Palm Beach County schools built in the 1920s.

The facility is architecturally described as a Mediterranean Revival.