Victoria Colored School, School building in Victoria, US

Victoria Colored School is a school building from the early 1900s located in Victoria, featuring tall windows and solid brick construction on East Convent Street. The structure was designed to accommodate both primary and secondary education in a single building.

The school was founded in 1901 as part of the Victoria Independent School District to serve Black students during Texas's segregation era. Architect Jules Leffland designed the building, which became part of the educational infrastructure built during this period of separation.

This former school building held deep meaning for the Black community in Victoria as a place where education and community life came together. The space served as more than just a classroom, functioning as a center for learning and social connection during a time of separation.

The building stands at 702 E. Convent Street in the Diamond Hill area, not downtown. It no longer operates as a restaurant or any public venue; it is a National Register-listed property and Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, so view it from the street.

The building was officially renamed F. W. Gross High School on January 2, 1936, honouring its first principal, Frederick William Gross (1861–1915), a Marshall, Texas native who led the school for its first six years. It stayed an exclusively Black school until 1966 and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on December 9, 1986.