Hogg Middle School:Up Close and Personal

Melinda WolfrumJuly 8, 1999

Just the Facts

• built in 1926

• architectural style: Jacobean

• architects: Briscoe & Dixon and Maurice J. Sullivan

• consulting architect: William Ward Watkin

James S. Hogg Middle School

1100 Merrill St.Houston, TX 77009

The Roof• roof type: flat

• roof materials: gravel & tar

• roof details: cement balustrades & finials

Construction Details

Windows & Doors

• doors: double doors with windows• windows: side lights & corniced

window head

Construction Details

Walls

• wall materials: brick & cement• wall shape: rectangle & polygon

Construction Details

Attachments, Steps, & Foundation• attachments:

porch

• steps: brick & cement steps

• foundation: exposed concrete

Construction Details

Decorations & Fixtures• fixtures: gutter

& downspout• decorations:

capitalquoinsmolded cement plaqueswindow molding

Construction Details

Points of Interest

Hogg’s Greenhouse

A Temporary Addition

Hogg’s Flower Gardens

A Permanent Addition

Hogg M.S. Timeline

*1926

*1979

*1998

*1953

Hogg is built in honor of Texas

governor James S. Hogg

Josef Stalin declares himself

dictator of Soviet Union

“Ben-Hur” is

first released

Additional classrooms are

built on the school’s east side

Renovations-- addition of

new cafeteria &

gym

Greenhouse planned by

science classes is added

“Three Mile Island” Nuclear accident occurs

Sony produces the Walkman

radio

On July 27 a cease fire is

signed, ending the Korean War

The first reports linking lung cancer

& smoking are released

28th Olympic Games are held in Nagano, Japan

President Clinton

faces an impeachme

nt trial

References

Fox, Stephen. Houston Architectural Guide. Houston: The American Institute of Architects/Houston Chapter, 1990.

Nothiger, Andreas. “Events.” HyperHistory. n. pag. Online. Internet. 7 July 1999. Available http://www.hyperhistory.com/online_n2/History_n2/a.html.

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