 Tulsa High School opened in 1906 on the same block formerly occupied by the Presbyterian mission school , which had been razed . The new school was a three @-@ story cream colored brick building with a dome . The school was accredited by the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges in 1913 . It proved too small by 1916 , when Tulsa voters approved a bond issue to construct a new high school at Sixth Street and Cincinnati Avenue , which was renamed Central High School . The north half of this facility opened in 1917 , while the south half opened in 1922 . This building remained in this service until 1976 , when it was replaced by a new building on West Edison Street . The old building was taken over by the Public Service Company of Oklahoma . 
