 Ground water issues caused problems with pouring the foundation; these were alleviated by installing tiles and channeling the ground water to the basement of the 1912 building, where it was pumped out to the street.The high school was finished in the late fall of 1936 and final payment was made to the Tolboe and Tolboe company for construction.The 1907 structure was torn down and materials used to construct the 40' × 60' Manual Arts building just west of the new high school.