Blume High School

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{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Blume High School

| nrhp_type =

| image = Blume High School, southeastern angle.jpg

| caption = Front of the school

| location = 405-409 S. Blackhoof St., Wapakoneta, Ohio

| coordinates = {{coord|40|33|58|N|84|11|50|W|region:US-OH_type:edu|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Ohio#USA

| built = 1908; 1923-25

| architect = William M. Runkle; Frank L. Packard

| architecture = Mixed

| added = August 22, 1996

| area = {{convert|2|acre}}

| refnum = 96000933{{NRISref|2009a}}

}}

The former Blume High School is a historic building in downtown Wapakoneta, Ohio, United States. It was the first exclusive home of Wapakoneta High School. Prior to that time, WHS was housed with other grades.{{cite book |title=The 1916 Retrospect |year=1916 |publisher=Wapakoneta High School |page= 7 |volume=IX }}

The original part of the high school was built at a cost of $41,315. This original section was designed by local architect William M. Runkle. In the mid-1920s, it was expanded with the construction of a gymnasium, a library, and the "Red Brick Section" addition; while the last portion was built with money raised from bonds, the library and gym were financed with a bequest from L.N. Blume.Dahill, Harold. "Wapakoneta City Schools". Auglaize County Historical Society, ed. A History of Auglaize County Ohio. Defiance: Hubbard, 1980, 111-113.{{rp|112}} These additions were designed by Frank Packard of Columbus.

Growth in the Wapakoneta City School District resulted in overcrowding by the mid-1950s.{{rp|112}} After a series of failed attempts, the school board succeeded in winning voter approval for the construction of a new school in 1956, and the new Wapakoneta High School building, which today serves as the Wapakoneta Middle School, opened at the beginning of 1959.{{rp|113}} Blume was converted into a junior high school for several years, but a 1988 vote resulted in the school's closing by 1990.{{rp|112}}

In 1996, the former Blume High School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places because of its architecture.It has since been converted to apartments.