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  402 Laurel Drive, Friendswood
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Historic name: Friendswood School
Current name: Friendswood Junior High School
School completed: 1939
Gymnasium completed: 1949
Architect (school): Lamar Q. Cato
Although most of the historic school building remains intact, the gymnasium lost its distinctive modernistic façade during a 1993 renovation. Cato was the architect for the initial project, but it is not clear whether he designed the gymnasium and cafeteria that were added a decade later. Friendswood School was funded by the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works.
above | gymnasium façade, c. 1970
detail (top) | gymnasium façade, 2006
detail (bottom) | entrance, 2006
Photo courtesy Houston Metropolitan Research Center, Houston Public Library |
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