Fosdick-Masten Park High School, now known as

City Honors School City Honors School at Fosdick-Masten Park, known colloquially as City Honors, or CHS, is a college preparatory school in Buffalo, New York, Buffalo, New York (state), New York, United States. It is part of the Buffalo Public Schools system. The ...

, is a historic public

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building located at

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. The school is located on a site. It was designed by architects

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and is a -story H-shaped brick structure constructed in 1912–1914 and sheathed in white glazed

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in 1983.

Notable alumni

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, former Major League Baseball catcher * John Wyatt, former Major League Baseball pitcher * Lucille Clifton, African American writer and poet *

Eddie Malanowicz Edmund Eugene Malanowicz (December 30, 1910 – September 5, 1967) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He played in the National Basketball League for the Buffalo Bisons during the 1937–38 season and averaged 7.2 points p ...

, former basketball player and coach

In popular culture

A cartoon sketch of (then) Masten Park High School appears on the 1938

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baseball card #269 of alumnus

References

External links

From Masten Park High School to City Honors: The Story of a School Site
{{authority control School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in New York (state) Beaux-Arts architecture in New York (state) School buildings completed in 1912 Education in Buffalo, New York High schools in Buffalo, New York 1912 establishments in New York (state) National Register of Historic Places in Buffalo, New York