Dallas High School was a

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Dallas Dallas () is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of Texas metropolitan areas, most populous metropolitan area in Texas and the Metropolitan statistical area, fourth-most ...

, Texas. It is the

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of several notable Americans, including former

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and

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. Built in 1907, the 3.5-story

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structure is located in the

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City Center District next to the Pearl/Arts District DART

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History

Dallas High School changed names several times, becoming Main High School in 1916, Bryan Street High School in 1917, Dal-Tech High School in 1928, Crozier Technical High School in 1942, and Business Magnet School in 1976. The school closed in 1995. The school campus was added to the

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as the Dallas High School Historic District in 1996. The

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comprises five

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: *Auditorium and Classroom Building, 1907 *Girls' Gymnasium and Manual Training Building, 1919-1920 *Classroom Building, 1930 *Arts and Science Building, 1941 *Boys' Gymnasium and Dressing Room, 1954 After being vacant for over 20 years, the building was renovated to become a

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with the first tenant arriving in 2017.

Notable alumni

C. Wright Mills Charles Wright Mills (August 28, 1916 – March 20, 1962) was an American Sociology, sociologist, and a professor of sociology at Columbia University from 1946 until his death in 1962. Mills published widely in both popular and intellectual jour ...

* Mike McKool, Sr. *

Gordon Kidd Teal Gordon Kidd Teal (January 10, 1907 – January 7, 2003) was an American engineer. He invented a method of applying the Czochralski method to produce extremely pure germanium single crystals used in making greatly improved transistors.

* Coach

Lee Patton Lee Lafayette Patton (April 3, 1904 – March 8, 1950) was a highly successful coach from his start in Ash Fork, Arizona in 1927 until his untimely death in 1950. In between, he became a revered figure in Princeton, West Virginia, Princeton, We ...

* Gordy Brown

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* 1907 establishments in Texas 1995 disestablishments in Texas Educational institutions disestablished in 1995 Educational institutions established in 1907 Former high schools in Texas Former school buildings in the United States Neoclassical architecture in Texas Public high schools in Dallas School buildings completed in 1907 Historic districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas {{Texas-high-school-stub

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