The original Woodruff High School was built in 1908 on East Georgia Street.[1]
The next high school was built in 1925 in downtown Woodruff. It is was
Collegiate Gothic building designed by Frank H. Cunningham and Joseph G. Cunningham.[5] The building cost $50,000 at the time, and is nearly 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2); the building includes a 600-seat auditorium. This building was the high school until 1953, when became a junior high school until the 1960s, and an elementary school after that. The city bought the school and converted it into the
city hall and
police station in 1978.[1][6]
The following high school was opened in September 1953.[1]
On January 11, 1987, Woodruff High School that was opened in 1953 was destroyed by fire.[7] Rob Johnson, who was a student at the time, describe waking up and seeing "large plumes of smoke filling the sky." After hearing about the fire, the rock band
REO Speedwagon hosted a concert at the
Greenville Memorial Auditorium to help raise money for the seniors. Later the band raised money for the re-building of the school with a concert at
Clemson University.[8] The new High School that is still being used today was completed for the 1989 school year which started August 13th.[9]