Gaylord Community Schools

Otsego County's first school opened in 1873. By 1877, the population of Gaylord had grown enough for a school district to be established. In 1883, the district built its first dedicated school building. In 1886, the first class graduated Gaylord High School. Another school building, this one containing all twelve grades, opened in 1890.^[6]

In 1933, the Civil Works Administration, a New Deal job creation program, began erecting a 2,000-seat^[7] gymnasium for Gaylord High School. It was completed in 1936 by its successor program, the Works Progress Administration.^[8]

The present Gaylord High School, designed by the architecture firm Fanning Howey, opened in fall 1994, replacing a high school built in 1954.^[9][10] The old high school became Gaylord Intermediate School.^[11][12]