The first school to open in Wyandotte was known as the Old Brown School House. It was erected on Chestnut, one block west of Biddle Avenue, and was donated by the Eureka Iron Company in 1855. This one-room structure housed all grades until it became inadequate in the 1860's. At this time the Board of Education was compelled to rent part of the Jackson house at Eureka and Third and a room over Kaul's store as additional classrooms.

Then in 1865, the Board of Education called a meeting of citizens to vote on the building of a high school in the Second Ward. This proposal was agreed on and land on Oak Street was provided by the Eureka Iron Company for this purpose. Thus, in 1869, Wyandotte's first high school was built.

The school, known as the 'Central' was a three-story brick structure of six rooms, capable of housing 340 pupils. A total of twenty-three classes graduated from here; the first, five girls in 1875; the last, in 1898.

In 1899, high school classes were transferred to the First Ward School (on the site of the present Garfield) since the noise caused by the railway "made studying in the higher grades impossible."

Then in 1905, the old Central was torn down and in its place a new two story brick building, the 'Wyandotte High School' was erected. The entire lower floor and one room of the upper floor were occupied by elementary grades. The four remaining rooms were used by the high school students. This school had no auditorium, swimming pool or gymnasium.

In spite of meager facilities, Wyandotte High School boasted a champion baseball team in 1907 and in 1911 an athletic association was formed.

The last class to graduate from Wyandotte High School on Oak Street was that of 1922. The new Theodore Roosevelt High School, built in the Gothic of the Tudor period style, was opened in 1923 under the direction of Mr. Frostic, Superintendent of Schools 1918-1950. It was built at a cost of $1,140,000 and was described as one of the most magnificent buildings of its time.

The school was built to provide for 1400 students; by 1928, 1800 (including Junior High School Students) were "crowded in." The need for Junior High Schools arose and those students were removed to the old Lincoln and Labadie Schools. During the mid 1930's the Field House was built behind the school near the football field; the wall around the field was built at the same time. No further construction was done until 1957 when the Music and Industrial Arts Annex was opened. In 1962 the Science block was built.

In 1970, the citizens of Wyandotte passed a $7,000,000 bond proposal to renovate the original structure of Theodore Roosevelt High School. A new gymnasium, swimming pool, locker rooms, cafetorium, central kitchen, student commons area, administrative offices, art rooms, home economics area, stair towers, planetarium and driver education rooms were built. To accommodate the new construction, the football field, baseball diamond, track, etc. were relocated; the Field House was torn down. The areas which were formerly occupied by these newly located departments were remodeled to accommodate other enlarged and crowded departments; for instance, the old kitchen and cafeteria became part of the business education department; the old gymnasium and pool became the new Learning Resource Center, etc. All this was finally completed and dedicated on May 4, 1975.