Terrace Park Historical Society
Preserving the Unique History and Genealogy of Terrace Park, Ohio

Terrace Park School

Terrace Park School
Terrace Park School - watercolor painting by Francesca Padjen
School in 1917
Photo from 1917

There has been a school in Terrace Park since as early as 1853, and possibly earlier. The first was a one room school house on Indian Hill Rd, where The Birch is located today. A new building was constructed in the early 1870s on land donated by T. R. Biggs, and in 1915 it was replaced by the original brick building pictured here.

Students came from both Terrace Park and nearby communities including Camp Dennison, Columbia Township, Fairfax, Indian Hill, Newtown, Plainville, Mariemont, Marathon, Milford, and Red Bank. The school housed both elementary and high school students until 1957, when the High School was combined with Mariemont High School.

The earliest records show a single graduate in 1890 - Mary Highlands. Subsequent years show graduating classes of at most 4 or 5 students until 1917, when there is no information available. But by 1923, more students are listed and by 1929 there are 15 graduates. The numbers grew over the years, with class sizes of 50 or more by the 1940s.

You can find a list of Terrace Park High School graduates through the years on the TP Survey website.

In November of 1989, two of the original graduates, Virginia Marquett (1941) and Ralph Vilardo (1949) founded the Terrace Park Alumni Association.

majorettes
Terrace Park High School 1956 majorettes


Material relating to The Terrace Park School in our Archives:

  • Terrace Park High School yearbooks from 1938 through 1959
  • Copies of the student newspaper, The Bulldog, from 1930 through the last copy issued in June of 1959
  • Yearbooks from the Terrace Park Alumni Association
  • Documents detailing the construction of the school
  • Artifacts donated by the school during renovation in 2010
  • Photographs of Terrace Park sports teams (baseball, football, and basketball) from 1931 - 1937
  • Sports team, marching band and drum majorette memorabilia and photographs

A list of Terrace Park High School graduates from 1890 through 1957 can be found on TPSurvey.org under 'Resources'.


1933 Graduating Class
Graduating Class of 1933

Visitors are welcome to visit our archives in the lower level of St. Thomas Church in Terrace Park. Our office hours are from 1-4pm every Thursday, or you may call us at (513) 248-1777 to schedule an appointment.