Polytechnic High School

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Exterior view of the second location of Polytechnic High School, located at Washington Boulevard and Flower Street.Polytechnic High School was founded in 1897 as a commercial branch of the Los Angeles High School. In 1905, Neoclassical style campus buildings were constructed on the corner of Washington Blvd. and Flower St. In 1935, to honor the school's founder and first principal, John H. Francis was added to the school's name. Fifty years after the campus on Washington and Flower was built, it was decided that the high school should be relocated to the San Fernando Valley. In 1957, the new John H. Francis Polytechnic High School campus was built in Sun Valley.