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Central High School

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1957, Caudill Rowlett Scott, with Max D. Lovett. 100 Cottonwood St.

Central High School was one of the most publicized schools of the Bryan-based Caudill Rowlett Scott (CRS) firm. Here, CRS separated the functions of a 2,500-student high school into a campus of twelve separate buildings. Except for the auditorium, the Sarah Bernhardt Theater, with its folded-plate, thin-shell concrete roof, most of the buildings are spare, steel-framed, brick-clad, flat-roofed bars hovering in the rolling landscape on the west bank of the North Concho River. Equipped with central air conditioning, Central High School was published in Architectural Forum in 1957 and again in 1958 for its innovative design.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Central High School", [San Angelo, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-SS25.

Print Source

Buildings of Texas

Buildings of Texas: East, North Central, Panhandle and South Plains, and West, Gerald Moorhead and contributors. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2019, 415-415.

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