Location: Seattle, Washington
Opened: 1902
Closed: 1946
Famous alumni: Alice Ball, J. Ira Courtney, John Sharpe Griffin, Donald E. Hillman, Leo Kenney, Elmer Norstrom, John Monk Saunders, Ten Million, Monica Sone, Claire Windsor
Bottom line: One of the final commissions of famed architect William E. Boone, Broadway High opened as Seattle High School in 1902, was renamed Washington High School in 1906, and finally settled on Broadway High in 1908.
By the 1930s, Broadway High was booming, with an enrollment of approximately 2,400 by the 1936-37 school year. One of the more shameful episodes in American history led to the school’s ultimate downfall and closing.
By the early 1940s, Japanese-American students made up almost 30 percent of the school’s total enrollment. The students were removed as part of the Japanese-American Internment during World War II, and by 1945, the school only had approximately 1,200 students. In 1946, it closed its doors.
