Victoria High School is the oldest high school west of Winnipeg and north of San Francisco. It was opened on August 7, 1876 for a class of twelve girls and twenty-two boys. The first Victoria High School was a log building with only two classrooms, located on the grounds of Central Junior Secondary School. By 1882, the facilities of this log building were inadequate and a new building, later known as Boy's Central School, was opened. This, too, rapidly outgrew itself and a third Victoria High School was opened in 1902. On May 1,1914, the fourth Victoria High School was opened at a new location, Grant and Camosun. The Fairey Technical-Vocational Unit was opened in 1949 and the main building was enlarged in 1956. Further renovations were completed on the main building in November 1979 and in the summer of 1998. The school is a very ornate terra cotta and brick structure. The terra cotta cornices had to be partially dismantled and seismically upgraded to stabilize rotation caused by the original construction. Several of the large units had to be reproduced and reglazed. Extensive reglazing of the terra cotta was also necessary.   Masonry Institute Award Winner