Fair Park Middle School
Fair Park Middle School | |
Location | 3222 Greenwood Road, Shreveport, Louisiana |
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Coordinates | 32°28′45″N 93°47′26″W / 32.47913°N 93.79065°W |
Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
Built | 1928 |
Architect | Edward F. Neild |
Architectural style | Classical Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 00001630[1] |
Added to NRHP | January 11, 2001 |
Fair Park Middle School is a former
History
The school was built during the local oil-driven boom of the late 1920s. The population of Shreveport increased nearly five-fold increase from 1900 to 1930; this created chronic school overcrowding. Fair Park has a three-story main section built of red brick trimmed with limestone. A wing was added in 1931. The entrance features a large pediment resting on colossal pilasters. The building was originally crowned by a three-stage tower, however, the third stage and most of the second were replaced with a small dome-like top in the 1980s. Otherwise, though the building has been further expanded, the bricks sandblasted, and the windows replaced, it would be easily recognizable to its earliest students.[2][3]
From the middle 1950s until 1967, the historian Hubert D. Humphreys taught at Fair Park.
Fair Park High School was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
In January 2017, Fair Park suddenly changed its
Meanwhile, Earnestine Coleman of the Fair Park Parent, Teacher, Student Association, said that she and fifteen others plan a
In an eight-to-four decision, the
Athletics
Championships
LHSAA Football championships
- (1) State Championship: 1952
Coaches
- Homer Prendergast, twenty-three years as head football coach and had a 154–78–13 (.655) record.[9]
- A. L. Williams, head football coach[10]
Notable alumni
- Tim Brando (Class of 1974) CBS Sports announcer
- Roy L. Brun (Class of 1971), state district court judge and former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
- ; a Shreveport native
- Cecil K. Carter, Jr. (1929-1987), member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1972 to 1976
- Morris Claiborne (Class of 2009) Dallas Cowboys cornerback
- Hollis Conway (Class of 1985) Olympian High Jumper Olympics 1988 Silver, 1992 Bronze
- Wendell Davis (Class of 1984), Louisiana State University athletics 1984-1987; consensus and SEC All American 1987, Chicago Bears 1988-1993 and Indianapolis Colts 1995 football wide receiver
- East Baton Rouge Parish[11]
- Lee Hedges, American football coach
- Robert Rochell (Class of 2016) Los Angeles Rams cornerback
- Leo Sanford (Class of 1947), Chicago Cardinals linebacker[12]
- Pat Tilley (Class of 1971), St. Louis Cardinals football player, 1975-1986; leader of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- Tome H. Walters Jr. (Class of 1965), Lieutenant General, United States Air Force, 1970-2004
- A. L. Williams (Class of 1953), Fair Park and Woodlawn high school football coach; Northwestern State University and Louisiana Tech football coach
- Faron Young (Class of 1951, 1932-1996), American country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s through the mid-1970s.
See also
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ a b "Fair Park High School" (PDF). Louisiana Office of Cultural Development. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ^ National Register Staff (November 2000). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Fair Park High School". National Park Service. Retrieved April 11, 2018. With eleven photos from 2000.
- ^ "Fair Park High School not in danger of closing". KTBS-TV (ABC in Shreveport. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- The Shreveport Times. Retrieved January 18, 2017.
- ^ "Fair Park supporters prepare to sue Caddo School system: Fair Park, Booker T. Washington merger". Arklatexhomepage.com. January 18, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ Nick Wooten (June 19, 2017). "Merger results in 10 Caddo schools becoming K-5". The Shreveport Times. Retrieved August 17, 2017.
- ^ "Caddo votes to merge Fair Park, BTW high schools". KSLA. January 25, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2017.
- ^ Jerry Byrd's Football Country (1981), pp. 103–106, 154–157
- ^ "Hall of Fame: A.L. Williams". Louisiana Tech University. Retrieved October 20, 2022.
- ^ "Rick Edmonds, Class of 1974". classmates.com. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
- ^ "LA Tech legend, NFL champion Leo Sanford dies at 94". KTBS-TV. Retrieved 2024-03-22.
External links
- Caddo Parish public schools list