in september 1905, the school's name was changed to "technical high school", pending the move to a new building to be built on cedar street and clinton ave; the cornerstone was laid on november 14, 1912. the cedar street building opened on july 14, 1918 with an enrollment of 1009 students, 863 boys and 146 girls. it offered evening classes, the first of its kind in buffalo at the time.