{"nrhp_refnum":"83003145","name":"King, Henrietta M., High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"Kleberg Ave. and 3rd St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Kingsville","county":"Kleberg County","state":"TX","lat":27.510977095000044,"lon":-97.86681937899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1983-05-09","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story masonry Mission style school building at Kleberg Avenue and Third Street in Kingsville, Kleberg County, Texas, built in 1909 and rebuilt in 1926 after a fire in 1925.","why_significant":"It was the first permanent school building of the Kleberg County public school system and is an important example of the Mission style in the Coastal Bend area. It was funded by Henrietta M. King, widow of King Ranch founder Richard King, who also deeded the land on which Kingsville was established. Its prominent site, facing the county courthouse along Kleberg Avenue, reflects early 20th-century axial urban planning.","narrative":"Henrietta M. King High School is a large two-story masonry school in the center of Kingsville, Texas, designed in the Mission style. Its twin-towered front is said to draw on San Antonio missions, including Concepcion and San Jose, and its central gable on the Alamo. Construction began in 1909, funded by Henrietta M. King, widow of King Ranch founder Richard King, who had deeded the land for the town in 1904 and paid for an earlier frame schoolhouse in 1906. The building served a fast-growing student body and was the first permanent school of the Kleberg County public school system. After a fire in 1925, it was rebuilt in 1926 with a large rear addition, keeping the original facade. No architect has been documented, though similarities to a Victoria academy suggest a possible link. Placed at the end of Kleberg Avenue facing the courthouse, it remains a dominant landmark.","period_of_significance":"1900-","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Mission style","criteria":[],"status_note":"Occupied and in good condition; used as a junior high school after 1964, with renovation planned for continued educational use.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:18.453465-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/96/9727/40972796/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/83003145.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003145/2d840c3b1e-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/83003145/2d840c3b1e-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"25or6to4","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Henrietta_M._King_High_School,_Kingsville,_Texas.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">25or6to4</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:Henrietta_M._King_High_School,_Kingsville,_Texas.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40972796","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_M._King_Early_College_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5715994"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/kleberg-county/king-henrietta-m-high-school-83003145/"}