Beaumont High School (Beaumont, Texas) Explained

Beaumont High School
Location:Beaumont, Texas
Country:United States
Coordinates:30.0808°N -94.1264°W
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Type:Former public secondary school
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Beaumont High School was a public, co-educational secondary school in the Beaumont Independent School District in Beaumont, Texas from 1898 to 1975.

History

In 1884, two buildings were used by the district for schools: the Old Fireman Hall and the Negro Odd Fellows Hall. Beginning in 1898 a superintendent was hired, new school buildings were constructed and funds were budgeted for their maintenance.[1]

Beaumont High School graduated a class of three on June 1, 1900, in a ceremony at the Kyle Opera House. Ida Lillian Pittman was valedictorian; Ludlow Calhoun, class salutatorian; and Harry Potter Jirou, class essayist. The title of Miss Pittman's valedictory address was "Some Women of History."[2]

The cornerstone for the first building used primarily for high school students was laid on January 11, 1904 at College and Neches streets. During its first year of use, the building housed students in grades 5-12. A lack of funds forced the third floor to be left unfinished.[3] The location caused some concern among parents on the north side of the city, because their children had to walk through "one of the vilest sections of the Tenderloin district, known here as the 'Reservation.'"[4]

In 1925, a $40,000 gymnasium and auditorium were added to the College Street building.[5]

On April 8, 1928, voters approved a $1.5 million bond issue, including $900,000 for the construction of a new high school at the built in classic Greek style at end of Pecos Boulevard in what was then city's far-west end. In April 1930, the high school's 1,000 students moved into the new, three-story facility. It was planned by Steinman and Steinman Architects of Beaumont. One of the partners, Douglas E. Steinman, was a 1913 BHS graduate.[6] The new building included a modern innovation for the time, a loudspeaker system that linked the principal's office to all rooms on campus.[7]

In 1975, as part of court-ordered desegregation of the district, Beaumont High School was merged with the formerly all-black Charlton-Pollard High School to form Beaumont Charlton-Pollard High School. This school was later merged with French High School and renamed Beaumont Central.[8]

The Beaumont Independent School District voted in January 2018 to close the 1930 building, which was then housing Central High School, after it was damaged by Hurricane Harvey in September 2017.[9]

Athletics

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Book: The Pine Burr. 1913. Beaumont High School. Beaumont, TX. 8. (high school yearbook).
  2. News: Beaumont High School Graduating Class of Half Century Ago Had Three Members. Quilliam. Gladys Harned. May 19, 1950. Beaumont Journal.
  3. News: Beaumont High School: Contractor is Through, and Ready to Turn Building Over. Galveston Daily News. July 3, 1904.
  4. News: Complaint Made. Houston Post. September 18, 1904.
  5. News: Sports Notes. January 15, 1925. Corsicana Daily News.
  6. News: New High School Will Open Today. Beaumont Enterprise. April 14, 1930.
  7. News: Microphones, Loud Speaker in New School. The Bryan Eagle. July 2, 1929.
  8. Book: Bankston III. Carl L.. Caldas. Stephen J.. "Command and Control Failures: Cases of Self-Defeating Policies" in Controles and Choices: The Educational Marketplace and the Failure of School Desegregation. 2015. Rowman & Littlefield. Lanham, Maryland. 9781475814682. 51.
  9. News: Beaumont ISD votes to merge Central and Ozen. Teitz. Liz. January 19, 2018. Beaumont Enterprise.
  10. News: Interscholastic Meet at University of Texas, Marshall and Beaumont Schools are Victors. Galveston Daily News. May 7, 1911.
  11. News: Beaumont High School and MTS are Victorious. Galveston Daily News. May 5, 1912.
  12. News: Beaumont High Wins State Basketball Championship. Waco News-Tribune. March 8, 1925.
  13. News: Sports Notes. Corsicana Daily News. December 26, 1931.
  14. News: Beaumont Wins, 2-0, for AAAA Title. Galveston Daily News. June 6, 1959.
  15. Kelley. Steven. November 1999. John Barnes Chance and his Contributions to Music Education. 40215204. Journal of Historical Research in Music Education. 21. 1. 21–40. 10.1177/153660069902100103.
  16. 1987 . In Memory of Wilfred Roy Cousins . Journal of the Senate of the State of Texas, First and Second Called Sessions of the Seventieth Legislature, Volume 4, Legislative Document, 1987 . 310.
  17. Book: Van Natta Jr.. Don. Wonder Girl: The Magnificent Sporting Life of Babe Didrikson Zaharias. June 2011. Little, Brown and Company. 9780316056991. registration.
  18. News: Former Astros manager, Beaumont-native Hatton dead at 90. Beaumont Enterprise. 2018-02-14.
  19. Book: J., Levinson, Peter. Trumpet blues : the life of Harry James. 2001. Oxford University Press. 019514239X. Oxford. 47264165.
  20. Parrish. T. Michael. Jenkins, John Holmes III. Handbook of Texas Online. January 23, 2018.
  21. News: Obituary: Gates Foundation's Alan J. Magill, 61, sought to wipe out malaria. 2015-09-25. The Seattle Times. 2018-02-14. en-US.
  22. Haworth. Alan Lee. Richardson, Jiles Perry [Big Bopper]]. Handbook of Texas Online. January 23, 2018.
  23. Eason. Susan. Tower, John Goodwin. Handbook of Texas Online. January 23, 2018.
  24. Web site: Museum of the Gulf Coast. Museum of the Gulf Coast. en. 2018-02-14.
  25. Book: Sullivan. Mary Lou. Raisin' Cain: The Wild and Raucous Story of Johnny Winter. 2010. Backbeat Books. 9780879309732.
  26. Book: Stump. A. J.. Champions Against Odds. 1952. Macrae Smith.

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