Mission High School was founded in 1890 , although it was housed in various Mission District locations until 1896 . That year , the Board of Education purchased a parcel of land from the Jewish Cemetery Association to construct a permanent school building . The original Mission High School building was completed in 1898 as a three-story brick school designed in the Italian Renaissance Beaux-Arts style . The building withstood the 1906 earthquake , and became a neighborhood shelter , while Dolores Park , which stands across the street from the school , became a tent city for displaced residents
1906 earthquake
1906 San Francisco earthquake
Mission High School (San Francisco)