Marion High School originally had eight classrooms on the first floor and an auditorium on the upper floor. Its ground-level basement initially contained only the furnace room and restrooms until 1928, when part of the basement was also used for the school’s first cafeteria, begun as a Parent Teacher Association project. Meals at this facility cost 15 cents. Because the number of students in each grade was limited, all classes in the Marion School District were conducted in this building.