Wynn Seale Junior High School

This property was outside the city limits in 1934 when acquired by the Corpus Christi Independent School District for a new junior high. The school board voted to name the planned facility for Edmund Wynn Seale (c. 1887-1934) shortly after his death. Seale, president of Texas College of Arts and Industries in Kingsville, had served several south Texas school systems and had been principal of Corpus Christi High School. Partial federal funding for the new school, the city's first to be built as a junior high, was secured from the Public Works Administration. Construction began in 1935 on a design by the firm of Hamon and Griffith, with Harry D. Payne consulting. Local architect Everett Elijah Hamon (1885-1956) designed some 50 area schools. Wynn Seale was his largest effort, costing $387,624 when opened in 1936 with capacity for some 1,500 students. The brick-clad building's spanish colonial revival styling is highlighted with corbelled brick, cast stone, and tile details. The interior reflects this baroque theme, with an 800-seat auditorium featuring gilded and painted plaster reliefs, wrought iron balustrades, bronze and etched glass light fixtures, and stenciled designs. Numerous additions and improvements to the building have maintained its importance to local education.

Wynn Seale Junior High School is a historical marker in Corpus Christi, Nueces County, dedicated in 1986. It is one of 104 historical markers documented in Nueces County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 131 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 27.7715, -97.4037 near Corpus Christi. The nearest cataloged historic site is Temple Beth El (historical marker), about 0.6 miles away. Others within a short drive include Spohn, Arthur Edward, M.D. and Spohn Hospital, Sisters of the Incarnate Word, and First Methodist Church of Corpus Christi.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5355005915. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.