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High Schools are commonly the largest and most imposing structures in Texas’s small towns. At Dumas, Carder of Amarillo modified the modern classic style he had used before World War II at West Texas State Teachers College (PH17) in favor of a more functionalist approach and asymmetrical composition typical of postwar American architecture. Noteworthy is the continuous band of windows between horizontal brick spandrels that wraps the corner of the building, something of an icon of modernism at this time. The school’s varied massing and fenestration reflect the different interior functions—auditorium, gymnasium, cafeteria, and shop wing—taking precedence over previous conceptions of formal order.