The school's red-brick building, completed in 1930, was a collaboration between noted local architects Warren, Knight and Davis and David O.

The closing was marked by a ceremony on June 7 with a parade, pep rally, picnic and alumni basketball game.

The West End Yacht Club's members are Don Bevill, Lee Crapet, Tom Browne and James Musgrove, local executives, and an attorney, Wayne Morse, who took West End memorabilia with him when he appeared before the Supreme Court of the United States.

[citation needed] West End High School was well known in the Birmingham area for its basketball program.

From 1996-98, the Lions baseball team won Birmingham-metro area championship under Coach Jimmy Holifield; the dynasty was highlighted by three student-athletes, James Coleman, Tremaine Fields, and Travaris Radford.