LARGEST & OLDEST - Private Boy's School in Texas, San Antonio TX
N 29° 26.210 W 098° 29.102
14R E 549945 N 3256494
The state historic marker for Central Catholic High School in San Antonio, the oldest and largest private boy's school in Texas
Waymark Code: WMXMWB
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/30/2018
Views: 4
Central Catholic High School is located on North St. Mary's Street in downtown San Antonio. The school was founded by the Bishop of San Antonio in 1852, and the Marian Brothers of San Antonio has operated it ever since.
A state historic marker at the main entrance to the school building reads as follows:
"CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOL
This school originated at a time when San Antonio lacked a boys' school of any kind. Bishop Jean-Marie Odin obtained teachers in France from the Society of Mary: Nicholas Koenig, Jean-Baptiste Laignaux, and Xavier Mauclerc. Andrew Edel, another Marianist from Ohio, was principal; San Antonio layman Timothy O'Neal also joined the staff. The school opened Aug. 26, 1852, in two rooms over a livery stable near San Fernando Cathedral. During the winter the brothers erected a building near the San Antonio River. "St. Mary's Institute" occupied that campus on March 1, 1853, and finished the school year with 100 pupils of various creeds. Enrolled as day students were Anglo-, French-, German-, and Mexican-Americans. South Texas ranch boys attended as boarders. After expanding that building, the brothers erected others, including a four-story "skyscraper" unique for the 1870s.
St. Mary's University of San Antonio was one outgrowth of the 1852 "Brothers' School". After several changes of names and facilities, Central Catholic High School in 1932 became the successor of the pioneer effort, and is now revered as the oldest and the largest private boy's school in Texas. (1978)"
Type of documentation of superlative status: Historical marker
Location of coordinates: at the historical marker
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