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A HISTORY OF 701 MIRROR LAKE DRIVE NORTH
from www.stpete.org
See http://www.stpete.org/HSMirrorLake.htm for the rest of the article.
The St. Petersburg High School at Mirror Lake was constructed by the Pinellas County Board of Public Instruction in 1918-19 and designed by St. Louis architect William Ittner, a nationally known for his school designs. For 46 years it served as a public school (1919-1926, St. Petersburg High School; 1926-31, St. Petersburg Girl's Junior High School; 1931-64, Mirror Lake Junior High School) and from 1967-85 served as the Mirror Lake Adult Education Center. It presently houses condominiums that were built in 1991. The building holds significance in St. Petersburg as an important educational and cultural institution, serving as a high school, junior high school, vocational school and adult education center. Its Mission Revival style was a precursor of the Mediterranean Revival style of architecture which would dominate the 1920s boom era of construction in St. Petersburg. Ittner also designed the former St. Petersburg Junior High School (Tomlinson Center) and the current St. Petersburg Central High School which opened in 1926 on 5th Avenue.