{"nrhp_refnum":"12001000","name":"San Jacinto Senior High School","other_names":["South End Junior High School","San Jacinto Memorial Building"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1300 Holman St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Houston","county":"Harris County","state":"TX","lat":29.73924657500004,"lon":-95.37682027799997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2012-12-04","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story reinforced concrete school building at 1300 Holman Street in Midtown Houston, built in 1914 as South End Junior High School, with 1928 and 1936 wings, a 1928 gymnasium and a 1951 band practice building.","why_significant":"The school was one of Houston's first junior high schools and later hosted Houston Independent School District experiments in vocational and adult education, including Houston Junior College. Its architecture reflects the work of Layton & Smith, Hedrick & Gottlieb and Joseph Finger, combining Neo-Classical and Art Deco elements. It is significant at the local level under Criteria A (education) and C (architecture).","narrative":"Built in 1914 as South End Junior High School, this three-story concrete building at 1300 Holman Street in Houston's Midtown sits on a C-shaped plan and is dominated by engaged monumental Doric columns. Art Deco towers join the original block to classical wings added in 1928 and 1936, and a gymnasium (1928) and band practice building (1951) complete the three contributing buildings. The Oklahoma City firm Layton & Smith designed the original school, Hedrick & Gottlieb the eastern wing, and Joseph Finger the western wing. The school was among the first junior high schools in Houston and later became San Jacinto Senior High School, a site for district experiments in vocational and adult education, including Houston Junior College in 1927. Notable alumni include Walter Cronkite and Denton Cooley. Interiors were heavily altered, though the auditorium, swimming pool, conservatory and terrazzo floors survive. Houston Community College used it as an administration building from 1978 until 2010, and it awaits rehabilitation.","period_of_significance":"1914-1962","architect_builder":"Architect: Layton & Smith (1914 building)/ Builder: C. Hartmann Contracting, Inc.; Architect: Heddrick & Gottlieb (1928 wing); Architect: Joseph Finger (1936 wing) / Builder: Nathan Wohlfeld.","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival; Modern Movement: Art Deco","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Used by Houston Community College as its central administration building from 1978 until vacated in 2010 before a planned major rehabilitation; described as currently vacant awaiting rehabilitation.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.885474-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/9724/40972414/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/12001000.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001000/3400844205-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/12001000/3400844205-1600.webp","licence":"Public domain","author":"WhisperToMe","credit_html":"WhisperToMe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SanJacintoMemorialBuilding.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972414","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000199"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/harris-county/san-jacinto-senior-high-school-12001000/"}