{"nrhp_refnum":"86002425","name":"Ennis High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"501 N. Gaines","address_restricted":false,"city":"Ennis","county":"Ellis County","state":"TX","lat":32.32847084000008,"lon":-96.63441053899999,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1986-09-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"Ennis High School is a two-story brick school building with a raised basement at 501 N. Gaines in Ennis, Ellis County, Texas, built in 1916 to a design by the Fort Worth firm Sanguinet & Staats, with Heck-Lightfoot as contractor.","why_significant":"The nomination cites architecture and education. It calls the school the most conspicuous historic public building still standing in Ennis and the city's oldest remaining school building. The design by a prominent Fort Worth firm emphasizes the central entry bay with Jacobethan-influenced detail. It served as the high school from 1916 to 1982.","narrative":"Ennis High School, at 501 N. Gaines in a mostly residential area northwest of downtown Ennis, was built in 1916. It is a two-story load-bearing masonry building on a raised basement with a flat roof, a double-door entrance under a one-bay porch, and a three-part facade. Tudor-style detail focuses attention on the center bay. Light stone trim contrasts with the red brick walls, and a partly crenelated parapet with coping crowns the front. Diaper-patterned panels mark the end bays. Fort Worth architects Sanguinet & Staats designed it, and Heck-Lightfoot was the contractor. The building served as Ennis High School from 1916 to 1982 and now houses the junior school. It is the oldest surviving school building in Ennis and the most conspicuous historic public building still standing in the city. Replacement windows have moderately affected its integrity. Smaller structures added after 1936 on the roughly two-acre site are considered noncontributing.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Sanguinet & Staats (architects); Heck-Lightfoot (contractor)","architectural_style":"Jacobethan Revival influence","criteria":[],"status_note":"Serves as the junior school after housing the high school from 1916 to 1982. Condition is listed as fair, and replaced windows have moderately affected integrity.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:21.436488-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/14/9691/40969114/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/86002425.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002425/fbfe9a2c77-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/86002425/fbfe9a2c77-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EnnisHighSchool1_(1_of_1).jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EnnisHighSchool1_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40969114","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ennis_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16891045"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/ellis-county/ennis-high-school-86002425/"}