St thomas high school houston tx

Private boys secondary school in Houston, Texas, United States

St. Thomas High School is an all-boys, Catholic college preparatory school in Houston, Texas.

Founded in 1900, St. Thomas is the second oldest continuously operating private high school in Houston behind Incarnate Word Academy, which was founded in 1873.

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The school is operated by the Basilian Fathers in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston.

History

St. Thomas High School was established in 1900 as St. Thomas College and housed that year at Franklin Avenue and Caroline Street.

The founders were the Rev. Nicholas Roche, C.S.B.

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and two other Basilian Fathers. When the original school suffered hurricane damage, the Fathers relocated to Capitol and Main. In 1903, permanency was assured when Father Roche bought a block of land at Austin and Hadley and constructed Houston's first College Preparatory School for boys.

Thanks to the foresight of a native Texan, The Rev. T.P. O'Rourke, C.