Lafayette High School (Buffalo, New York)

Lafayette High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Lafayette High School, Buffalo NY, April 2011
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Location	370 Lafayette Ave., Buffalo, New York
Coordinates	42°55′15″N 78°53′5″W / 42.92083°N 78.88472°W / 42.92083; -78.88472
Built	1901
Architect	Esenwein & Johnson
Architectural style	Beaux Arts
NRHP reference No.	80002608 [1]
Added to NRHP	December 3, 1980

Lafayette High School
Address
370 Lafayette Avenue West Side Buffalo , Erie , New York 14213 United States
Information
Motto	Loyalty, Honor, Service
Established	1901
School district	Buffalo Public Schools
School number	204
Grades	9-12
Color(s)	Violet and White
Team name	Violets
Newspaper	The Triangle
Yearbook	The Oracle

Lafayette High School was a public high school in Buffalo, New York. It was the oldest public school in Buffalo that remained in its original building, a stone, brick and terra-cotta structure in the French Renaissance Revival style by architects August Esenwein and James A. Johnson. Although classes began off-site during construction of the school, the building was completed and graduated its first class in 1903. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.^[1] It is located in Buffalo's Upper West Side at 370 Lafayette Avenue.

The name 'Lafayette High School' was phased out beginning in 2015, graduating its final class in 2018, and was replaced by the name Lafayette International High School and Newcomers Academy. Classes continue to be held in the historic building.