The former L.C. Anderson High School building sat at 900 Thompson Street in East Austin. This building, constructed in 1953, was the fourth to house L.C. Anderson High School, Austin’s only high school for African American students during the era of segregation. The school was not only significant as Austin’s historic black high school, but the building itself was significant.

In 1948, AISD purchased a 22-acre site for a new Anderson High School.The new school had a modern design, with a flat roof, banks of aluminum windows that allowed light and air into the classrooms, and a modern heating system. The school had 25 classrooms, a state of the art cafeteria, and a gymnasium and football field.  The 1953 Anderson High School was one of only a few schools remaining to tell the story of black public education in the capital city. (1)

The newly-constructed school on that site, built with funds from the 2017 school bond program, is currently the home of Eastside Early College High School at the L.C. Anderson.

The Yellow Jacket Stadium at Anderson was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in February 2022.

(1) Separate But Equal in Austin: L.C. Anderson High School — Preservation Austin

Precursors who are graduates of L.C. Anderson include:

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