San Jacinto High School

South End Junior High School opened its doors in 1914 with 750 students in an impressive classical revival style structure built here in 1913. South End Junior High became a senior high school in 1923, and in 1926 its name was changed to San Jacinto High School. Houston Junior College, predecessor to the University of Huston, began offering night classes at San Jacinto High School in 1927. An east wing containing 20 classrooms, a boys' gymnasium, and lunch room was built in 1929. In 1936 an art deco style west wing containing an 1800-seat auditorium, classrooms, and a girls' gymnasium was built. The University of Houston, which officially opened here in 1934, continued to offer night classes at San Jacinto High School until 1939. Special Education students began attending classes here in 1947. In 1960 two large technical/vocational school facilities were added to the San Jacinto High School complex. San Jacinto High School held its final classes here in 1970 when the Houston Technical Institute occupied the building. Houston Community College began offering classes here in 1971. Many of San Jacinto High School's former students formed an alumni association which by the mid-1990s had a membership in excess of 9,000. Sesquicentennial of Texas Statehood 1845 - 1995

San Jacinto High School is a historical marker in Houston, Harris County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 422 historical markers documented in Harris County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 849 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 29.7377, -95.3763 near Houston. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Evangelical Church (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Temple Beth Israel, The Houston Light Guard, and Buffalo Soldiers National Museum.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5201010773. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.