Fair Park Medical Careers Magnet High School
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Fair Park High School | |
 The school in 2008 | |
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| Location | 3222 Greenwood Rd., Shreveport, Louisiana |
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| Coordinates | 32°28′45″N 93°47′27″W / 32.47917°N 93.79083°WCoordinates: 32°28′45″N 93°47′27″W / 32.47917°N 93.79083°W |
| Area | 5 acres (2.0 ha) |
| Built | 1928 |
| Architect | Edward F. Neild |
| Architectural style | Classical Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 00001630[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 11, 2001 |
Fair Park College Preparatory High School, also known as Fair Park College Prep. Academy, and Fair Park Medical Careers Magnet High School is a high school located at 3222 Greenwood Road in Shreveport, Louisiana, U.S.A. When it opened as Fair Park High School in 1928, it was the second high school in the city. C.E. Byrd High School, opened in 1925.[2]
From the middle 1950s until 1967, the historian Hubert D. Humphreys (1923-2009) taught at Fair Park High School.
History
The school was built in 1928 during the local oil-driven boom of the 1920s. The population of Shreveport had a nearly five-fold increase from 1900 to 1930, causing chronic school overcrowding. It 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 as been further expanded, the bricks sandblasted, and the windows replaced, it would be easily recognizable to its earliest students.[2]
Fair Park High School was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 2001.[1]
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
- C.L. Bryant (Class of 1974), African-American Baptist minister and radio talk show host on KEEL; a Shrwveport native
- Jerry Byrd (Class of 1953), sportswriter for the defunct Shreveport Journal and the Bossier Press-Tribune; Shreveport native
- Cecil K. Carter, Jr., member of the Louisiana State Senate from 1972 to 1976
- Morris Claiborne (Class of 2009) Dallas Cowboys cornerback
- 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
- Rick Edmonds (Class of 1974), Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for East Baton Rouge Parish, since 2016[3]
- Lee Hedges, American football coach
- Chuck McMichael (Class of 1975), Commander-in-chief, Sons of Confederate Veterans, 2008 to 2010
- Jimmy G. Shoalmire (Class of 1958, 1940-1982), American historian
- Pat Tilley (Class of 1971), St. Louis Cardinals football player, 1975-1986; leader of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes
- Stanley R. Tiner (Class of 1960), Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
- Lorenz James "Lo" Walker, Mayor of Bossier City
- Tome Walters, Jr. (Class of 1965) Lieutenant General, USAF 1970 to 2004
- Sam "Charlie" Wilkinson (Class of 1960), Houston Astros 1967 to 1977, Louisiana Tech University Athletics 1977-2005. Wilkinson is the only Fair Park graduate to have played professional baseball.
- 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), American country music singer and songwriter from the early 1950s through the mid-1970s.
- Lyndon B. Johnson (Class of 1986), Caddo Parish Commission president, 2015
References
- 1 2 Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
- 1 2 "Fair Park High School" (PDF). Louisiana Office of Cultural Development. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
- ↑ "Rick Edmonds, Class of 1974". classmates.com. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
External links
- Fair Park High School Official site
- Caddo Parish public schools list
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