Kilgore College Administration Building – Kilgore TX

City:
Kilgore, TX

Site Type:
Education and Health, Colleges and Universities

New Deal Agencies:
Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)

Completed:
1936

Designer:
Phelps & Dewees

Description

Text From the state historical marker reads:
In response to the East Texas oil field boom, yet in the midst of the Great Depression, Kilgore residents voted to support the establishment of a junior college in 1935. Classes were held in the high school until this building was completed in 1936 with financial aid from the Public Works Administration. Designed by the San Antonio firm of Phelps & Dewees, the Kilgore College administration building remains a good example of art moderne architecture.

Recorded Texas Historic Landmark – 1990

Source notes

https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/viewform.asp?atlas_num=5183009968&site_name=Kilgore%20College%20Administration%20Building&class=5000

Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on January 10, 2015.

Location Info


1101 S. Henderson Blvd
Kilgore, Texas 75662
Gregg County

Coordinates: 32.37862, -94.86910

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