Baker School
National Register of Historic Places

Baker School

Austin, Travis County, Texas
Listed
October 27, 2023
Type
Building
Ref No.
100009490

About this property

The Baker Center, previously the Baker School, Baker Junior High School, and W. R. Robbins High School, is an historic building in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin, Texas. It has been, in sequential order, an elementary school, a middle school, an alternative high school, and an administrative building for Austin ISD. In 2018, the Baker Center was bought by Tim and Karrie League, founders of Alamo Drafthouse, and it is now a property they rent to tenants. It has been used as a filming location for the TV shows Friday Night Lights and Walker, and the movie Lousy Carter. As of October 27, 2023, the Baker Center is on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in educational and architectural history.

Location

3908 Ave. B
Austin, Travis County, Texas
30.30406, -97.73574

Categories

ARCHITECTUREEDUCATION
Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

Description adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Nearby Battles

Battle of Battle Creek (1838)
1840Early Republic
2.4 mi
Travis County Archaic Period Violence — Texas
1000Pre-Columbian
2.6 mi

Questions about this property

When was Baker School listed on the National Register?

Baker School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on October 27, 2023.

What type of historic resource is Baker School?

Baker School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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