St. Thomas High School At 2309 Austin St.

[57Tbird]

robhan said:

Does anyone have pics of the first two locations of the first two locations of the St. Thomas and St. Agness school?

If you're talking about St. Thomas High School, here are a couple from the Bailey collection. They are under the University heading, but these are the high school.

http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg....iable=e_bb_4876

http://www.cah.utexas.edu/db/dmr/image_lg....iable=e_bb_4877

[plumber2]

My mother attended St. Agnes in the 1920's and then again in the early 30's. It was all grades 1-11 at that time. I have her yearbook from 1933. I will try and scan some pages that show the building.

My father attended St. Thomas downtown on Austin Street in 1936. He graduated from Reagan though in 1938. It seems my grandparents were having a tough time and could not afford to keep the kids in catholic school. His younger sister attended Reagan, but the two youngest boys did attend St. Thomas in the 40's which by then was on Buffalo Drive (now Memorial).

[robhan]

Yesterday I went for a long walk from my bearings the location of the second St. Thomas HS is now the La Branch Federal Building.

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The school has went through several names. St. Thomas College, Houston's First College Preparatory School for Boys, and finally St. Thomas High School.

From the newspaper The Houston Post. dated August 8, 1906.

St. Thomas' College
Largest Private Day-School For Boys in Houston.
Largest building. Largest grounds. Largest Attendance. Largest Staff.
Complete courses in Classics, Science, Languages, Commercial and Preparatory.  Monthly reports. Satisfaction guaranteed.  For terms and other information write, phone, or call on Rev. N. Roche, President.
2039 Austin Street. Corn. Hadley Avenue. 

From a STHS blog: The St. Thomas College on Austin Street in 1903 (or 1910.)

https://www.sths.org/austin-street-c-1910/