page_title: Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium
section_title: The original building
hierarchical_section_title: Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium / History / The original building
caption_attribution_description: English: Obverse &amp; Reverse side of a 20 new sheqalim bill, paper. Русский: Израильская банкнота достоинством 20 новых шекелей 1993 года выпуска, посвящённая Моше Шарету. Аверс и реверс.
context_page_description: The Herzliya Hebrew Gymnasium, originally known as HaGymnasia HaIvrit is a historic high school in Tel Aviv, Israel.
context_section_description: The school was founded in 1905 in Ottoman-controlled Jaffa. The cornerstone-laying for the school's new building on Herzl Street in the Ahuzat Bayit  neighborhood of Tel Aviv took place on July 28, 1909. Gymnasia Herzliya was the country's first Hebrew high school. The building was designed by Joseph Barsky, inspired by descriptions of Solomon's Temple.
  The building on Herzl Street was a major Tel Aviv landmark until 1962, when the site was razed for the construction of the Shalom Meir Tower. The destruction of the building sparked widespread recognition of the importance of conserving historical landmarks. The Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel was founded in the 1980s partly in response to the fate of Herzliya Hebrew High School.
caption: Original building depicted on the 20 Israeli new sheqel note
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