{"nrhp_refnum":"96000035","name":"Dallas High School Historic District","other_names":["Dallas Technical High School","Norman Robert Crozier Technical"],"category":"district","location":{"address":"2218 Bryan St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Dallas","county":"Dallas County","state":"TX","lat":32.78623442500006,"lon":-96.79353156269724,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1996-02-20","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A five-building public school complex on about 5.4 acres at 2218 Bryan Street in downtown Dallas, Texas, built between 1907 and 1954 for the Dallas Independent School District. It was first called Dallas High School and later Crozier Technical High School.","why_significant":"The complex is significant under Criterion A in the area of Education at the local level. It is one of the oldest intact educational facilities in Dallas and the only intact complex reflecting the evolution of secondary vocational training in the city. It was in continuous school use until September 1995.","narrative":"Five school buildings on Bryan Street in downtown Dallas make up this district, which grew from 1907 to 1954. The original Classical Revival auditorium and classroom building, designed by Lang and Witchell, was joined by a girls' gymnasium and manual training building, an Art Deco classroom building from 1930, an Art and Science Building from 1941 and a boys' gymnasium from 1954. Operating under seven names, including Dallas Technical High School and Crozier Technical High School, the school built its reputation on vocational training in fields such as home economics, drafting, art, pottery and building trades. It also trained workers during the Depression and World War II. The brick buildings remain largely intact outside, and many classrooms and laboratories keep period features, though the original auditorium was altered. Surrounded by office towers and hotels, the complex was in continuous use until 1995, when its magnet program moved elsewhere. It is recognized as one of the oldest intact educational facilities in Dallas.","period_of_significance":"1907 - 1954","architect_builder":"Lang & Witchell (architects); Greene, LaRoche, & Dahl (architects); Chrisman, J.V. and Nesbit, J.Y. (contractors)","architectural_style":"Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals: Classical Revival; Modern Movement: Art Deco","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Current function listed as vacant/not in use; the school magnet center closed in September 1995 and the future of the site was undetermined.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.978344-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/49/9717/40971749/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/96000035.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000035/836031d418-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/96000035/836031d418-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 4.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:DallasHighSchool_(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:DallasHighSchool_(1_of_1).jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971749","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q109999672"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/dallas-county/dallas-high-school-historic-district-96000035/"}