This is the northeast corner of Elmhurst High School on Ardmore Avenue in Fort Wayne, Indiana. This is part of the newer section of the school, which was built in a modernist style, unlike the original neoclassical building.

When the school opened in 1929, it was a much smaller building than it is today. It was expanded several times over the years into a modern large high school. You can see the different architectural styles of the different parts, since no effort was made to make the new additions match the look of the older parts.

In 2010, Fort Wayne Community Schools closed Elmhurst High School. In August of 2012, FWCS auctioned off the furniture and equipment in the building.

In August, 2017, FWCS announced that the school property had been sold to Hanson Aggregates, the limestone quarry located behind the school. Hanson intends to demolish the school. Soon after I made this photograph, a chain-link fence was built around the school to keep people away from the building.

I graduated from Elmhurst in 1994. My parents both graduated from Elmhurst in the late 1960s. It was Elmhurst's longtime art teacher, Don Goss (also an Elmhurst grad), who encouraged me to become a professional artist.

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Update: An older Elmhurst Alumni has told me that the roundels were originally windows in the restrooms on the first and second floor in that corner of the school. They were later replaced with the slate that has been there as long as I can remember.

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