{"nrhp_refnum":"94001627","name":"North Fort Worth High School","other_names":["North Side High School","Fort Worth Technical High School"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"600 Park St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.781185712000024,"lon":-97.35699971299994,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-02-02","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture","Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A three-story brick and concrete high school building at 600 Park Street in Fort Worth, Texas, built in 1918-19 to designs by Sanguinet and Staats with J.C. Buchanan as contractor. Its Prairie School design follows an H plan.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school was the principal location for secondary education on Fort Worth's north side, covering academics, vocational and technical training, athletics and activities. It also presents the building as an excellent example of Prairie School design. Its fire-resistant metal and reinforced concrete construction was a departure from the period's usual wood framing.","narrative":"Built in 1918-19 at 600 Park Street, North Fort Worth High School is a three-story brick and concrete school on an H-shaped plan, with an auditorium in the south opening and a gymnasium in the north. Cast stone and orange terra cotta trim emphasize the horizontal and vertical lines of its Prairie School design. Architects Marshall Sanguinet and Carl Staats avoided wood framing, using metal furring and lath and reinforced concrete after the stockyard fires of 1911. The school served the growing north side as the main secondary school, then became Technical High School after a 1937-39 remodel and later a junior high annex. Sandstone retaining walls and a lion fountain date from a 1933-34 Civil Works Administration project. Classes ended in 1991 and demolition was planned, but a citizens' group formed to save the building for reuse as an arts center. The exterior remains close to its original appearance, though the interior was altered in two remodels.","period_of_significance":"1918-1945","architect_builder":"Sanguinet and Staats (architects); Buchanan, J.C. (builder)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements: Prairie School","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Listed function is vacant/not in use. The school closed in 1991 and was scheduled for demolition. A nonprofit group formed to preserve it, boarded the windows, fenced the site and planned adaptive reuse as a community arts center.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.717022-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/38/9735/40973538/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/94001627.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001627/7208c5ed00-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/94001627/7208c5ed00-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Mark Fisher","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:0011North_Fort_Worth_High_School_Full_SE_Texas.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Fisher</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:0011North_Fort_Worth_High_School_Full_SE_Texas.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973538","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107319612"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/north-fort-worth-high-school-94001627/"}