Audubon Junior High School
3055 Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Cleveland, OH 44104
-Abandoned 2010
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History of Audubon Junior High School
Audubon Jr High was built in 1922 alongside the Mt Auburn school in the Woodland Hills neighborhood of Cleveland, Mt Auburn school was built a block away as a elementary school. Both schools where built as population in Cleveland continued to grow into the 1920s. Many major and large additions were made to the school as enrollment grew. In all the school would grow to 154,277 sf and would feature two gyms, a library and a large auditorium.
Recollection from the author
Audubon was a very large school, with many unique and different sections. From the Gothic Revival of the 1st floor original build to the basement corridor all of it was unique in its own way. The corridors especially on the 2nd and 3rd floors were long and had a dark hue to them. But along the way in the hallways all around the school, Murals from the students in a 2004 project added a lot of character to the school.
1st floor hallway
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1st floor hallway shot 3
1st floor hallway shot 4
Audubon is notable for its abundance of Murals made by students in 2004
Murals shot 2
Murals shot 3 (While not in a hallway this was a notable classroom on the 1st floor that hosted some student lead art projects)
That same classroom
Murals shot 4
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1st floor hallway in the additon made at a later date likely in the 1950s or 60s due to the CMU design and drop ceiling
A classroom in the later additon
Auditorium shot 1
Auditorium shot 2
Auditorium shot 3
Auditorium shot 4 (As seen from the balcony)
A catwalk that sits above the Auditorium
Auditorium shot 5
1 of the 2 gymnasiums in Audubon
Both gyms are accessed via separate stairs leading down onto the gym floor
The 2nd Gymnasium is much bigger and hosts a seating section
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2nd gymnasium shot 3
2nd gymnasium shot 4
2nd gymnasium shot 5
staircase as seen from the 1st floor above the 2nd floor and below the basement section
Basement hallway
Similar to many other Cleveland schools Audubon hosts classrooms and locker spaces in the basement along with utilities
A unique area of the basement corridor
A basement classroom
The Music Classroom
That same music room
A boiler in the basement that hosts the name of the school on it
The Cafeteria was part of the later addition and hosts a "Eagle Pride" Mural on the wall
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Cafeteria shot 3
Kitchen area in the Cafeteria
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Secondary Entrance and exit to the cafeteria
The library shot 1
The library shot 2
The library shot 3
The library shot 4
A strange corridor in the school with a up and down stair design
2nd floor hallway
2nd floor hallway shot 2
2nd floor hallway shot 3
Two staircases in the orignal build host bay windows visible from the front of the school
A 2nd floor classroom in the addition
2nd floor classroom in the addition
2nd floor classroom in the addtion
A classroom in the addition that features locker inside
2nd floor classroom
2nd floor classroom
2nd floor classroom
Staircase in the addition
3rd floor hallway in the addition major scrapping has occurred
3rd floor hallway in the original build
3rd floor classroom
original build staircase as seen from the 3rd floor