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Administration Building, Kilgore College

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1936, Phelps and Dewees. 1101 S. Henderson Blvd.

Flush with revenue from the oil boom, Kilgore established a junior college in 1935, assisted with funding from the PWA. The modern classic Administration Building, by Henry T. Phelps, sits astride the axis of a formal Beaux-Arts-inspired campus plan. A central two-story block with vertically stacked windows and recessed spandrels conveys a temple aspect, flanked by projecting single story wings. Phelps’s earlier work in Spanish, Mission, and classical styles followed national trends, as does this Moderne design.

Writing Credits

Author: 
Gerald Moorhead et al.
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Citation

Gerald Moorhead et al., "Administration Building, Kilgore College", [Kilgore, Texas], SAH Archipedia, eds. Gabrielle Esperdy and Karen Kingsley, Charlottesville: UVaP, 2012—, http://sah-archipedia.org/buildings/TX-02-TK48.

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, 77-77.

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