gnu Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Where was South Main High School located or rather where on South Main?i may be getting this mixed up.... but i thought South Main was a JUNIOR high and it eventually became San Jacinto HIGH school in the 20's....at the current HCC bldg...1300 Holman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Native Son Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 (edited) there was an HISD magnet school called the Contemporary Occupational Training Center (COTC) in the mid 70's. It was located at Travis and McGowan, in an old auto dealership... I went there one year before going to Madison HS. Does anyone remeber this place, or know anything about it?found this a minute ago...http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/...00052147fa6RCRD Edited June 16, 2008 by Native Son Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robhan Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Acorrding to something I read once on the UIL website South Main played and lost a game in the football semifinals to make it to state. it may have become South Maqn Jr. Hig and the San Jac HS. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retama Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 (edited) Just to add a bit to what MWKellner gave us about Cedar Bayou HS: Voters in Cedar Bayou ISD and Goose Creek ISD (Baytown) opted to consolidate in March of 1954 (this is why Goose Creek is a CISD). As a result, a new elementary school was built (James Bowie), CBHS was closed and students there moved to Baytown REL while the Cedar Bayou High building was kept and made a junior high campus only.I played football in old Cedar Bayou Stadium as a boy in the Optimist Club Junior League, at Baytown Junior High and as a freshman at Baytown REL. It was ancient and had only one bank of stands. The coach who had success at Cedar Bayou High was the late Bob Barfield who later coached at Pasadena High for many years and took the Eagles to the 1958 4-A state title game. Edited June 16, 2008 by Retama Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robhan Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I have a Key Map from the mid 90's that has locations for some of the closed and or torn down schools. Anyone have any pics of Fanin Elem must have close to were the Walgreeen's is on McGowan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheeats Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Don't forget the old middle school that was at the corner of Old Katy Rd and Kirkwood -- the name of which I can't remember any more, but it was an SBISD middle school -- where they filmed everyone's favorite Chuck Norris movie, Sidekicks. They filmed some of it at Lamar High, but they filmed most of the interiors at the middle school since it had been shut down and they didn't have to work around classes or a school schedule. They tore it down shortly after the movie was finished filming. Anyone remember the school I'm talking about? It was on the site of where the Technip building currently stands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 Noticed the elementary @ Scott St. and Mykawa area (you can see it from the freeway/south side) looks like it's boarded up. Can anyone confirm this? Believe that area is South Park. Is similar to my elementary school, in design. Flat, long covered walkway wing extensions, very 1950's. Another elementary school similar to it sits on the north side of 610 loop, @ wayside/long dr. (It's still open, has been expanded, somewhat). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Tbird Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 (edited) i may be getting this mixed up.... but i thought South Main was a JUNIOR high and it eventually became San Jacinto HIGH school in the 20's....at the current HCC bldg...1300 Holman San Jacinto High School evolved from the South End Junior High building which opened in 1914. The picture below is the architect's original drawing of the South End Jr High School. Edited June 20, 2008 by 57Tbird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
57Tbird Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 I have a Key Map from the mid 90's that has locations for some of the closed and or torn down schools. Anyone have any pics of Fanin Elem must have close to were the Walgreeen's is on McGowan. I attended Fannin in the early 40's (Wow! Am I that old?). Fannin was bounded by Louisiana, Smith, Tuam, and Anita. The attachments below show it... as it originally was; a view of the present building (sq. recess in the roof) in the middle of the Google picture; and an old class picture of mine taken in back of the school facing the corner of Smith and Tuam. I wonder if those trees behind us are the same ones that show up in the Google picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robhan Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 A beautiful school. I attended Fannin in the early 40's (Wow! Am I that old?). Fannin was bounded by Louisiana, Smith, Tuam, and Anita. The attachments below show it... as it originally was; a view of the present building (sq. recess in the roof) in the middle of the Google picture; and an old class picture of mine taken in back of the school facing the corner of Smith and Tuam. I wonder if those trees behind us are the same ones that show up in the Google picture. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robhan Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 (edited) I went for a long walk yesterday from what I could tel Catholic Charities is located on the old Fanin school location.A beautiful school. Edited June 21, 2008 by robhan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Here is a link to all of the photos that I had posted on old Houston and Harris County Schools: Old Houston and Harris County Schools Here's another great link to old Houston school history, posted earlier, Thanks isuredid. Those pics of old school bldgs are great, some are long lost. One of my favorites was the Montrose "Patio" style. Too bad it's gone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJones Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 Anyone know why they closed down Pilgrim Elementary on Richmond Dr. , in the Galleria area ? Looks like it is getting ready for demo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icepickphil Posted December 31, 2008 Share Posted December 31, 2008 I heard the HISD sold the property.Anyone know why they closed down Pilgrim Elementary on Richmond Dr. , in the Galleria area ? Looks like it is getting ready for demo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroklos68 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Houston ISD has a great page which gives information on the history of every campus. http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0afe09c28afc3110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=2e2b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patroklos68 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 I heard the HISD sold the property.A new Pilgrim was built closer to Greenridge, and a new school was built in St. George Place too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Earlydays Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Houston ISD has a great page which gives information on the history of every campus. http://www.houstonisd.org/HISDConnectDS/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=0afe09c28afc3110VgnVCM10000028147fa6RCRD&vgnextchannel=2e2b2f796138c010VgnVCM10000052147fa6RCRDStrange that they don't list Montrose Elementary School Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt. kirk Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 Actually, those schools are open, but they're some sort of magnet or alternative schools. Same thing with Carver in the Aldine ISD.I BELIEVE THE OLD SPRING BRANCH IS WHERE THE ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES ARE. WESTCHESTER IS NOW SOME KIND OF COLLEGE CAMPUS, NOT SURE WHAT KIND THO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt. kirk Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 But it still exists...as HCC Central.THE LAST CLASS TO GRADUATE FROM SAN JACINTO WAS 1969. IT SAT VACANT FOR SEVERAL YEARS UNTIL H.C.C. CAME ALONG. IT'S NOW THE MAIN CAMPUS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt. kirk Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 OLD SAM HOUSTON (CLAY ST DOWNTOWN) WAS MOVED TO IT'S CURRENT LOCATION ON BAUMAN---SAN JACINTO HIGH SCHOOL DOWNTOWN IS NOW THE MAIN CAMPUS FOR H.C.C.---CARVER HIGH SCHOOL BUT IM NOT SURE, THERE MAY HAVE BEEN TWO, ONE IN ALDINE AND ONE IN HOUSTON--WESTCHESTER AND SPRING BRANCH IN SBISD---FIDELITY MANOR HIGH SCHOOL, GALENA PARK ISD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capt. kirk Posted October 6, 2009 Share Posted October 6, 2009 thanks for posting the pictures, idid.....it's the 1st time I've seen my old Montrose School in 25 years. I'm going to have to hunt down my class pictures from the 60's that were taken inside the classrooms and post them.SOME REALLY GREAT PICTURES BUT SOME OF THESE SCHOOLS STILL EXIST AND ARE STILL BEING USED. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveEastEnd Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 There are 2 old schools on Telephone Rd.. Not sure of their names but they are old schools! One of them is now used as a media center of some sort for HISD.That media center is called Rudy Vara center for Technology my father said it was a grocery store of some sort. Across the street from this used to be a school I believe. I compared it with an old photograph and the structure looks fairly the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiveEastEnd Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 That media center is called Rudy Vara center for Technology my father said it was a grocery store of some sort. Across the street from this used to be a school I believe. I compared it with an old photograph and the structure looks fairly the same.http://picasaweb.google.com/yousuredid/OldSchools#4984316616386609170http://picasaweb.google.com/yousuredid/OldSchools#4984316596965015570 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 Welcome to HAIF - LiveEastEnd!Nice to see the two Cage school pics side by side. You can really tell how old it is. Looks like it was out on a prairie, no built structures around it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KristinDaugherty Posted December 29, 2009 Share Posted December 29, 2009 I heard the HISD sold the property.FWIW, I live in Chateaux Dijon - my apartment overlooks Pilgrim's running track - and as of this morning, it was still For Sale.Interestingly, the For Sale signs are specific to the land.Wonder how hard it'd be to get into Pilgrim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NenaE Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 http://blogs.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/JR's site has some great links this month, including an old schools downloadable book, a new UH Houston history link - digital photos site, and an article on Sakowitz...thank you JR Gonzales. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gonzo1976 Posted December 31, 2009 Share Posted December 31, 2009 http://blogs.chron.com/bayoucityhistory/JR's site has some great links this month, including an old schools downloadable book, a new UH Houston history link - digital photos site, and an article on Sakowitz...thank you JR Gonzales.My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
driveinfan Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 What was the name of the school that was at the corner of Little York and Homestead Road? It has been torn down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GEM Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Is Hohl Elementary still a funtioning HISD school ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Purpledevil Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Not as an elementary school. Hohl is now "High School Ahead Academy". Hohl, as an elementary school, closed 4 years ago now. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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