{"nrhp_refnum":"95000325","name":"Silberstein, Ascher, School","other_names":["Rice,Charles B.,School","Phase IV--East Dallas DAL/DA 1356"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2425 Pine St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.75607979200004,"lon":-96.76126579599998,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1995-03-23","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A two-story brick school building at 2425 Pine Street in South Dallas, Texas, built in 1922 (the brick building was erected about 1923) in the Renaissance Revival style. It is now known as Charles B. Rice School.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is an impressive example of Renaissance Revival architecture and typifies the schools built during the Dallas School Board's early 20th-century building campaign. It is noteworthy because it has been minimally altered and retains its historic integrity. It also reflects the growth of South Dallas suburbs and the area's later racial transition.","narrative":"Located at 2425 Pine Street in South Dallas, this two-story brick school was built in 1922 to serve growing suburban neighborhoods near the lower Colonial Hill additions. It has a rectangular plan, a flat roof, a symmetrical facade, and cast-stone detailing, including an entrance framed by Ionic pilasters and a classical pediment, and end bays with quoin-like corners and decorative panels. The school was named for Ascher Silberstein, a Dallas businessman who left money to the public schools at his death in 1909. In 1953, as African-American communities expanded into the area and many white families moved away, the school board designated it for Black students and renamed it for educator Charles B. Rice. A new Silberstein School opened on Hollis Road in 1956. The building is valued as a representative Renaissance Revival school from Dallas's early twentieth-century building campaign and for retaining its original appearance. It continues to serve neighborhood students.","period_of_significance":"1922","architect_builder":null,"architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Italian Renaissance Revival","criteria":["C"],"status_note":"In good condition and still used as an educational facility; the main exterior change is replacement of the original wood-sash windows with metal-sash windows.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.346071-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/54/9686/40968654/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/95000325.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000325/28793d34f3-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/95000325/28793d34f3-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AscherSilberstein1.JPG\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</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:AscherSilberstein1.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40968654","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001828"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/silberstein-ascher-school-95000325/"}