The updated address for this structure, the Boys Gym, is
302 Hughes.
400-600 Block N. Mound 1990 National Register Information
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Address: 400-600 Blk N. Mound
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Date: 1927
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Category: Contributing
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Block: 3
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Lot: 1
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Description: 2-story masonry; load-bearing walls with articulated quoins; brick foundation; carved limestone entry with pilasters and garlands; east facade has six bays, 3 with dormers over Palladian-style windows; doorways have fan lights; gable roof with composition shingles ; has dormers and side gables breaking the pediment, octagonal cupola at ridge, cornice returns; rectangular plan; windows are in pairs or triples, double-hung with relief panel spandrel panel with shield and swag ornamentation, shell and scroll pediment above the entablature; windows placed in symmetrical arrangements on facade. Primary entry on south facade, two-story stone frontispiece with classical entablature and pilasters, three bays. Symmetrical arrangements of facades with variations in windows and arches, elliptical on east, semicircular on west, both facades use Palladian arrangement of windows at second floor; south facade with windows on either side of frontispiece entry, lunette window above; dedication cornerstones at southeast corner. Brick chimney breaks the cornice at the northwest corner; four bay facade on north face, small double-hung multi-paned windows.
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Significance: The red brick gymnasium was erected in 1927 by Lufkin architect Shirley Simon.