page_title: Biddeford High School
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Biddeford High School / History
context_page_description: Biddeford High School is a public high school in Biddeford, Maine, United States. It is the secondary school for Biddeford Public Schools, a school district which exclusively serves the city of Biddeford.
context_section_description: The first public high school in Biddeford was established in 1848. The building for the high school was erected on Washington Street close to the city's downtown. After a rise in Biddeford's population in the late 19th-century, a new high school was constructed in 1888 on a lot in close-by Alfred Street.  The former high school building on Washington Street was then converted to a primary school before being demolished in the 1960s.
  The high school moved to its new building in 1890. The Alfred Street building suffered a massive fire in 1893 and was promptly rebuilt. A rear annex and gymnasium were added in 1925.
  The high school moved out of the Alfred Street building in the 1960s to its present location farther away from the Downtown core.
caption: Alfred Street Building. Site of Biddeford High School between 1890 and the 1960s.
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