The Misamis Oriental General Comprehensive High School (MOGCHS) Administration Building was inaugurated on December 15, 1909. It was part of the 1907 Gabaldon initiative to establish and build public schools all over the Philippine islands under the American regime. 

These Gabaldon school buildingsschool buildings were designed by William E. Parson,a New York architect who served as Public Works consultant to the Philippine-American government. Parson designed the historic Manila Hotel and other buildings all over the Philippines.