Montessori High School Campus

For the first private Montessori high school in the country, Montessori Development Partnership worked with TKG to build a high school campus in Cleveland’s University Circle.

Opened in 2008, the Montessori High School at University Circle’s campus grew to include seven buildings. During the first phase of construction, the scope of work included:

• For the school building, the beautiful Straub Mansion, designed by Charles Schweinfurth, was transformed into an award winning, 8-classroom facility complete with an art studio, warming kitchen, library, office space, and musical instrument practice carrels.
• The adjoining carriage house was renovated into a science lab with radiant floor, geothermal heating and cooling, photo-voltaic electricity, acid neutralization tank, and attached greenhouse.
• The adjacent, Otis Mansion was converted into a coed dormitory for boarding students.

Subsequent projects included the renovating the Ferris House and adjoining coach house and the Friends Meeting House which allowed for an additional dining hall, classroom space, a larger art studio, a theater hall and dorm rooms.

The Montessori High School campus buildings serve as TKG’s 1st – 4th and 7th – 10th buildings successfully renovated on Magnolia Drive.

+ In 2011, our renovation of the Straub House was awarded the “Preservation Achievement Award” from the Cleveland Restoration Society.