---
title: "The Building | East High School's Landmark on the Esplanade"
url: https://eastangelfoundation.org/building
description: "Heritage Hall, the clock tower, the auditorium, and the grand staircase — the East Angel Foundation helps preserve East High School's historic building in Denver."
lang: en
---

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Image: The front of East High School on a clear morning, with the red E painted on the courtyard pavement below the clock tower (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/a52a00a7-e189-4855-8025-7628f50b98cc/campus-facade-pro.jpg)

The Building

# East's building is part of the education.

The Foundation coordinates the care, preservation, and storytelling of East High School's historic campus — the tower, the auditorium, the halls, and everything hanging on their walls.

## Explore the building

- ### Heritage Hall & Museum
  Distinguished alumni honored since 2008, alongside the Tower History Museum.
  Explore
  https://eastangelfoundation.org/building/heritage-hall
- ### Clock Tower
  East's most recognizable feature, and the restoration that keeps it running.
  Explore
  https://eastangelfoundation.org/building/clock-tower
- ### Auditorium
  The stage, the sound system overhaul, and the seats that fill it.
  Explore
  https://eastangelfoundation.org/building/auditorium
- ### Grand Staircase
  The crossroads every Angel walks through.
  Explore
  https://eastangelfoundation.org/building/grand-staircase
- ### East High History
  From the Arapahoe School in 1874 to the Esplanade landmark.
  Explore
  https://eastangelfoundation.org/building/east-high-history
- ### Historic Preservation
  Tower Museum and Archives, preservation review, and historical tours.
  Explore
  https://eastangelfoundation.org/building/preservation

Small stories

## Did you know?

The building keeps a few secrets. Here are the ones Angels ask about most.

Did you know?

### The statues

Missing asset The origin story of East's statues — to be supplied by the History Committee.

Image: The historic East High School building and its landmark clock tower (https://eastangelfoundation.org/assets/building-CPSaIr2h.jpg)

Did you know?

### The divot in the floor

Missing asset The mark left by a fallen skylight — story and floor-divot photo to be supplied by the History Committee. A 15-30 second vertical clip can drop into `clip`.

Image: The original hand-operated wooden scoreboard still mounted in the East High School gymnasium, its cream-painted boards lettered EAST and VISITORS in red above sliding number panels, set against the gym's red steel framework (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/eb775db9-4a4d-4518-9957-b5a53c358326/gym-scoreboard.jpg)

Did you know?

### The scoreboard that stopped

Missing asset The hand-operated scoreboard still hanging in Callaway Gymnasium — story to be supplied by the History Committee.

In their words

## Angels on the building.

Short clips from students and alumni about what the building means to them. Captioned for muted viewing.

Missing asset 15-30 second vertical student clip — pending upload.

A student on what East gave them

Missing asset 15-30 second vertical alumni clip — pending upload.

An alum on the building

Missing asset 15-30 second vertical alumni clip — pending upload. Documentary footage requires written clearance before it publishes here.

A memory from the auditorium

## Photography and archives

Image: Inside the Tower History Museum: wooden shelves of archives, a reading table, and vintage East uniforms (https://eastangelfoundation.org/__l5e/assets-v1/5d7d785a-1dab-47fa-9a3b-c91946b46cf0/campus-museum-room.jpg)

The Tower History Museum and Archives, where East's photographs, yearbooks, and memorabilia are kept.

A walk through East

## One minute inside the building.

The facade, the tower, the auditorium doors, the grand staircase, the stage, and the library mural — the spaces the Foundation helps keep in working order.

## Help keep the building standing.

Gifts to Historic Preservation and Buildings & Grounds fund the work that keeps East's landmark in use.

Donate (https://eastangelfoundation.org/donate)

Donate to East Angel Foundation: https://eastangelfoundation.org/donate

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