Reitz High School officers of 1922 (Fred Newman is pictured 2nd from the right) Francis Joseph Reitz High School is at 350 Dreier Blvd. In order to serve the west side of town, a second high school was planned to be built atop Coal Mine Hill. With financial difficulties from WWI, Francis Joseph Reitz funded the schools construction, and in turn the school was named in after him. On November 3, 1917 the cornerstone was laid with Mayor Benjamin Bosse presided over the ceremony. After a year of construction, the school opened in September 1918. In 1921, the Reitz Bowl was completed. In 1926, a four-story classroom building was added to the west end of the building. Several changes to Reitz occurred in the 1950s. In 1956, another addition was added to the west end of the building. Then, in 1957, the five-story classroom wing that juts out was built, with the gym boxing it in. The school additions in the 1950s destroyed the beautiful entrance to Reitz High School as the new entrance was located on the northeast side of the school near the offices. In the early 1990s, Reitz was the oldest and smallest school in town. An east wing was built, and renovations helped to modernize the school. Because of construction/additions to the front of this, this facade is no longer visible. This school is called Reitz High School, to distinguish it from a Catholic high school with a very similar name and funded by the same man--Francis Joseph Reitz Memorial High School. That school is called Memorial High School.