When the school bond election of 1903 was declared illegal because one polling place closed early, there was no money to build a High School. Mr Dobner offered one of his buildings for rent. It was described as a building of three stores in the Dobner block on South Gassell St. In the picture below (bottom left) you can see two buildings near the corner of Almond and Glassell (in circle). The one with no awning has two stores (it is still there today). The building with an awning has more stores. A picture in the city library of this building shows three stores. This must be where OHS began. The building was torn down in 1950 to make room for a market. The color photo shows two 1903 students. To their left is Dr. Jones office, which is listed as 162 S. Glassell, in the 1907 Orange directory. The Dobner building is listed as 142 S. Glassell. See the “Dioramas” section of this website for a model of what the Dobner building might have looked like.