When Buchholz first came to Gainesville, the city's high school (for whites) was known as the Gainesville Graded & High School and was located in the present Alachua County Public Schools District Office. Schools were segregated, and African American children attended the Union Academy. A separate building for Gainesville High School was not built until 1922, on West University Avenue, bounded by Southwest 2nd Avenue and 7th and 8th Streets. By this time, Buchholz was Superintendent of Alachua County Public Schools. Shortly after Buchholz retired, a new GHS was built at its present location at 1900 N.W. 13th Street, and the building on West University Avenue was renamed F. W. Buchholz Junior High School in 1955. Later, it became part of Santa Fe Junior College.