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Texas Mid-Century Modern Educational Buildings

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Skyline High School
Dallas, TX		 Quintin M. Martin Auditorium
Carthage, TX
Skyline High School was designed by Goodwin & Cavitt with Mark Lemmon. It was designed in 1966 and opened in 1970. [map]

The Quintin M. Martin Auditorium is located at Panola College. It was designed by Cates Decker Sinclair and built in 1973. For more, see this website.

Randolph High School
Universal City, TX
Randolph High School was designed by Hesson & May and built in 1962. It is located at Randolph Air Force Base. [map]

Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum
Austin, TX		 Sid Richardson Hall
Austin, TX
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum and Sid Richardson Hall are both located at the University of Texas. They were both designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and built in 1971. [map]

Oliver Wendell Holmes High School
San Antonio, TX
Oliver Wendell Holmes High School was designed by Marmon & Mok and built in 1964. There are five round buildings connected by elevated walkways. For more, see these websites: 1, 2, and 3. [map]

Anderson Biological Laboratories
Houston, TX
The Anderson Biological Laboratories building is located at Rice University. It was designed by George Pierce and Abel B. Pierce and built in 1967. [map]

Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
The Granville M. Sawyer Auditorium, top left, may have been built before 1951. Texas Southern University was known as the Texas State University for Negroes from 1947-1951. The other buildings shown above were designed by John S. Chase. The Humanities Center, middle row, was built in 1969. The Ernest S. Sterling Student Center, top right, was built in 1976. The School of Education and Behavioral Sciences, bottom row, was built in 1981. [map]

Gladys E. Steen Hall
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX
East College Cafeteria
Stephen F. Austin State University
Nacogdoches, TX
Gladys E. Steen Hall, a co-ed dormitory, was built in 1968. [map]

The East College Cafeteria was built in 1966. In 2022, the campus announced a major remodel. This building will be demolished. [map]

More Texas:
University Theatre (Beaumont)
Guy D. Newman Honors Academy (Brownwood)
Billy Earl Dade Middle School (Dallas)
Thomas A. Edison Junior High School (Dallas)
Southwestern Adventist University Barron Building & Chapel (Keene)
South Plains College Library (Levelland)
Texas Tech University Library (Lubbock)
Moody Learning Center at San Antonio College (San Antonio)
Redeemer Lutheran School (San Antonio)
Lantana Hall at Texas State University (San Marcos)
Theatre Center at Texas State University (San Marcos)
West Columbia Elementary School (West Columbia)