Houston High School is a public

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serving

Houston Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 in ...

Texas County, Missouri Texas County is a county located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2020 census, the population was 24,487. Its county seat is Houston. The county was organized in 1843 as Ashley County, changing its name in 1845 t ...

. It is operated by the Houston R-I School District. The high school building is a registered historic site.

History

Houston High School was built in 1921, as a two-story, brick building on a raised basement. It sits on a

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foundation and has native stone architectural details. (includes 8 photographs from 2008) The property was listed on the

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in 2009.

References

External links

Houston R-1 School District
School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Missouri School buildings completed in 1921 Schools in Texas County, Missouri National Register of Historic Places in Texas County, Missouri Public high schools in Missouri 1921 establishments in Missouri {{Missouri-school-stub