1861

Opened at this site as West High School
(Cleveland’s Second Public High School)
 

Mid 1880's

Building used as a private school

Mid 1890's

A public school know as West Manual Training School
 

1906

West Manual Training School and Boys School

1909

Current building is constructed as an annex
 

1911

Complex becomes The School for Incorrigible Boys, operated by Cuyahoga County through 1920’s
 

1930's

Offices for various social service agencies including:
The Cuyahoga County Relief, Administration and National Youth Administration

1938

North building is raised

Late 1940's

Renamed William Holmes McGuffey School, a Cleveland Public School, in existence through here until 1975
 

1976

Converted into “live work” spaces, later becomes vacant
 

1997

Listed as condemned

May 2000

Purchased by Michael E. Chesler and investors

April 2001

The McGuffey School building is recognized by the U.S. Department of
the Interior and is added to the National Register of Historic Places
 

October 2001

Historic Restoration Process

November 21, 2002

Grand Opening Celebration
Dedication of The McGuffey School as the permanent home of The Covenant Adolescent Chemical Dependency Treatment & Prevention Center, Inc.