When the community finally outgrew the little building in 1906, John Mulholland bought and moved it to 1309 Commerce Street, where it was converted and used as a residence throughout the early-to-mid-20th century.

In 1991, the City of Fort Worth condemned the weather-beaten structure, but a group known as the "Friends of the Marine Schoolhouse" rescued it from destruction.

In April 1993, the "Friends" moved the building to 601 Park Street, where it remained for ten years until it was donated to the City of Fort Worth.

The growth of the Stockyards in the 1900s prompted the building of the third structure which was the first to be called North Side High School, in 1914.

The goal of the New Deal programs was to put as much money into circulation as possible to help stimulate the lagging economy of the Depression era.

In addition to his work on the nationally renowned art deco project at North Side High School, Clarkson also designed, in Fort Worth, the Masonic Temple on Henderson & West Lancaster, the downtown Woolworth's, TCU's Mary Couts Burnett Library, the Trinity Episcopal Church, the Sanger Building, the Downtown YMCA, the First Methodist Church, the original Cook Children's Hospital, Harris Methodist Hospital, the Sinclair Building, the Meacham Airport Administration Building, Stripling Department Store, John Peter Smith Hospital, McLean Jr. High School (the core of the current Paschal High School), and worked with three other architects in designing the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth's first building.

Modern Style combined classical forms (Mayan step pyramids, Greco/Roman columns and linear forms and Egyptian pyramids and motifs) along with modern construction materials (aluminum, brass, steel, terrazzo flooring and glass) coupled with the Art Deco colors of greens, reds, blacks and beige to produce a highly distinctive design.

As you view this building look for the Art Deco appointments: 1) the auditorium - Greek columns, Roman urns, Mayan step pyramids (ceiling lights), Egyptian carvings on the ceiling, use of marble in the foyer, classic colors of the designs and decoration 2) the hallways - Greek columns in the center hall, terrazzo floors, Art Deco color schemes, leather covered doors to the auditorium, center hall lighting fixture in Mayan step pyramids and hand laid tile wainscoting in the hallways and restrooms.

3) the exterior - linear classical features of Greek and Roman architecture, the Egyptian and Mayan motif carvings above the doorways, the copper Egyptian pyramid on the top of the building and the suggested Roman columns of the building capstones along the roof line.

Located just beyond the left-field fence of the baseball field, the amphitheater was covered with construction debris in 1978, when the administration at the time determined that its broken seats were too dangerous to allow to exist in their deteriorated condition and too expensive to restore.

Future plans call for the construction of a soccer field and tennis courts to meet the growing popularity and need for those sports.