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July 3, 2015  

Lewis Reed Photos: Rockville High School, 1911

Richard Montgomery High School 1911

1911 Originally known as Montgomery County High School, later as Rockville High School. Located at corner of Monroe Street and E. Montgomery Avenue. Photo by Lewis Reed

Rockville High School was established in 1892, when the state Board of Education first allocated funds to local school to educate high school students. In the first State report of school statistics nine years later, the Rockville school was listed as enrolling 47 pupils. The first 12 graduates received their diplomas from “Rockville High School” in 1897.

Rockville High School, 1911. Photo by Lewis Reed

Rockville High School, 1911. Photo by Lewis Reed

A new high school was constructed and opened for use in September 1905 on East Montgomery Avenue and Monroe Street. An addition was built in 1917, expanding the school to 19 classrooms.  The school was renamed Richard Montgomery High School 1935.

Source: Richard Montgomery HS – MSA