Butler High School (New Jersey) - Structure

Structure

The original Butler High School was built in the late 1800s and soon expanded with an annex (Still existing, "Annex Building") built in 1916. The school then doubled its size with an addition parallel to Bartholdi Ave in the mid 1930s. After part of the original Butler High School caught fire in the 1963, the school was shut down briefly for renovations. The gymnasium was unusable due to water damage caused during the fighting of the fire and physical education classes were held outside for the reminder of the school year. Several classrooms in the original 1888 building were also heavily damaged and that building was town down. The school day was increased and the freshmen and some sophomores began classes later in the morning. Trailers were used for the guidance offices, freeing space in the main building for classrooms. The "Art Building" was then built to the left of the original school and opened after 1964. The "Art building" (as of 2011): four locker rooms, a gymnasium, cafeteria and kitchen, five bathrooms, nurse's office, athletic director's office, physics lab, forensic science, two art rooms, an English classroom, culinary arts, health room, photo lab, auxiliary gym, and library w/ media center. The "Main building" (as of 2011): Main and attendance offices, Principal and Vice Principal's offices, guidance offices, and academic offices. Band and choir room, auditorium, foreign language, history, mathematics, and English classrooms, and science laboratories. Also, an updated computer lab; TLC lab, and six bathrooms (two for the use of faculty) The "Annex building" (as of 2011): Butler Board of Education, student resource center, one marketing and financial classroom, and two computer labs: (Business and computer animated design).