[Historic Marker Application: Wynn Seale Junior High School] Page: 1 of 72
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Texas Historical Commission Staff (JWS), 9/24/86
27" x 42" Official Texas Historical Marker with post
Nueces County (Order #8854)
Location: Corpus Christi, 1707 Ayers Street
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 DEATH9SEALE,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 CONSULTING4LOCAL 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 DETAILSeTHE 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.**RECORDED TEXAS HISTORIC LANDMARK - 1986***
*3/4 inch lettering
**1/2 inch lettering
***1/4 inch lettering
Incising on base:
TEXAS SESQUICENTENNIAL 1836-1986
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Texas Historical Commission. [Historic Marker Application: Wynn Seale Junior High School], text, September 24, 1986; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth435123/m1/1/?q=Lamar+University: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Texas Historical Commission.