Kilgore High School

Public education in Kilgore began with classes in private homes and private institutions, especially the Alexander Institute, operated by Isaac Alexander, which moved to Kilgore in 1873 and served the town's children until 1894, when it relocated to Jacksonville and was later renamed Lon Morris College. The building that housed the Alexander Institute then became a public school, and the Kilgore Independent School district, established in 1906, used the facility until 1913, when a new two-story red brick school building was erected at this site on Longview Street. After oil was discovered in Kilgore in 1930 and the oil boom followed, the 1913 school quickly became inadequate for the city's growing student population. The red brick school was razed in 1932, and in 1933 a new combination high school, junior high, and auditorium was built on the site. An elementary school was later added, and the facility continued to serve as an educational institution and an integral part of life in Kilgore.

Kilgore, Texas · United States