1909 Longview High School Auditorium

The 1909 Longview High School was located on the corner of present day College St. & Avalon Ave. behind the former Nicholson Memorial Library building. The 1909 building was the first brick high school in Longview. It served the home of the Lobos from 1909 to 1928 when a new high school was constructed (present day Longview Early Graduation High School). The 1909 building served as Campus Ward Elementary School from 1928 - 1944 when it was destroyed by fire. A modern elementary school was built that would later serve as the annex to the then Foster Middle School.

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Hotel Longview

This building was Hotel Longview from 1947 - 1960. You can see a section of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce Building to the far left and the silhouette of a section of the Bramlette Building to the far right. Click here for more pictures of the downtown hotel on Jimmy's Flicker Albums.

Longview Opens Hotel Gregg

With visitors in attendance from various parts of Texas and Louisiana, Longview recently held the official opening of its new $175,000 ($2,958,718 in 2022) hostelry, the Hotel Gregg . Dr. George S. Sexton, president of Centenary College, Shreveport, and Hubert M. Harrison, general manager of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce , were the principal speakers at a banquet for officers, directors and stockholders, held the first night. A dance and buffet supper on the second night marked the official opening to the public. The Hotel Gregg, owned by the Longview Hotel Company, is five stories in height and contains sixty-four rooms with bath, lobby, dining-room and cafeteria. The structure is located next door to headquarters of the East Texas Chamber of Commerce. It is operated by the North Louisiana Hotel Company, operators of the Washington-Youree Hotel in Shreveport. Ashton Glassell of Shreveport was the contractor...

Mary C Womack High School

The historical marker and the area of the former Mary C Womack High School in Longview, Texas on May 21, 2022. For full size resolution and additional pictures click here to access my Mary C Womack album.

Jimmy's History of Longview, Texas

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