In that year the tree-covered plot was leased by the town school board and work began on a three-story brick building facing the east.

[citation needed] Here stood the first Shields High School, surrounded by trees and for many years bordered on the west by a pond.

[citation needed] In the middle of the 1930s sports fans again began to clamor for a gymnasium big enough to house all the Owl supporters and in November 1937 a fire-proof structure with a capacity of 3308 was begun as a WPA project.

[citation needed] In September 1959, Shields High School was moved to completely new facilities on 61 acres (250,000 m2) at the west edge of Seymour.

In addition to classroom and laboratory facilities, the new two-story building contained the school's administrative ad guidance offices, a 110-seat library, an 1100-seat auditorium, and a 300-seat cafeteria.

[5] A fourth building, the power heating plant, varsity and reserve baseball diamonds, and eight tennis courts are also located on campus.

[citation needed] In 2007, the girls softball facility was completely remodeled including the construction of dugouts and an announcers' booth.