{"nrhp_refnum":"11000343","name":"Adamson, W.H., High School","other_names":["Oak Cliff High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"201 E. 9th St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.749181908000025,"lon":-96.82268196799998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2011-06-08","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story Georgian Revival public high school building at 201 East Ninth Street in the North Oak Cliff area of Dallas, Texas, built in 1915-1916 as Oak Cliff High School and designed by William B. Ittner.","why_significant":"It is described as the oldest high school in continuous operation in Dallas and was the city's second public high school when completed. It illustrates how an urban high school campus grew through additions to meet students' needs. It is also tied to longtime principal W.H. Adamson, for whom the school was renamed in 1935.","narrative":"W.H. Adamson High School, first called Oak Cliff High School, is a three-story brick school at 201 East Ninth Street in North Oak Cliff, Dallas. Designed by St. Louis architect William B. Ittner and built in 1915-1916, it follows the Georgian Revival style, with a symmetrical plan, projecting central pavilion, quoins, stone balustrades and a broken-pediment entry. Brown brick covers the lower level and red brick the floors above. An auditorium and classroom addition came in 1919, followed by wings in 1938, a gymnasium in 1955 and a large addition in 2005. The school is recognized as the oldest high school in continuous operation in Dallas and was the city's second public high school. It was renamed in 1935 for longtime principal William Harden Adamson. Original chalkboards, skylights, light fixtures and a tiled library fireplace survive inside, and the building still serves students today, though its surrounding residential setting has been lost.","period_of_significance":"1915-1961","architect_builder":"Architect: William B. Ittner, St. Louis, Missouri (1915, 1919); Roscoe DeWitt, Dallas (1938); Mark Lemmon with Gordon, Hefley & Hall, Dallas (1955). Builder: Holmboe Company, Oklahoma City (1915); J.J. Fritch, Dallas (1938); Roland Construction Company, Dallas (1955)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century Revivals / Georgian Revival","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Still functions as a public high school; the 2005 addition and replaced windows and doors are noted, but many interior features remain.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.01848-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/51/9717/40971751/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/11000343.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000343/56f3b895b9-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/11000343/56f3b895b9-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Drumguy8800 at English Wikipedia","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xvisionx_29_April_2006_WH_Adamson.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Drumguy8800 at English Wikipedia</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Xvisionx_29_April_2006_WH_Adamson.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971751","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._H._Adamson_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7945611"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/adamson-w-h-high-school-11000343/"}