 The impressively sited, Classical Revival-style, Works Progress Administration-funded building was erected on Luray Avenue, and originally housed grades eight through twelve.The Crescent St. high school building burned in 1942 and the elementary school was expanded on the site thereafter.A sports rivalry with nearby John Handley High School in Winchester, became one-sided and diminished in the late 1960s as Handley focused more on nearby Frederick County (VA) rival James Wood High School.