At the beginning of the twenty-first century, and for several years afterward, the fate of long-abandoned Dallas High School, seen here in a photo taken with the windows boarded up, was uncertain. While there were some who talked of tearing it down, others advocated its preservation and would rather have seen it converted into apartments, shops, or office space than have it razed.

The building is located on Bryan Street, at the corner of Live Oak, in the East End of Downtown Dallas. Construction began in 1905 and was completed in 1908. Originally called Dallas High School, it was built to replace Bryan High School, a wooden structure named for Dallas founder John Neeley Bryan, in which classes continued to be held while the new building was under construction. Over the years the school changed names several times. In 1916 it was known as the Main High School; in 1917 it became Bryan Street High School; in 1929 the name was changed to Dallas Technical High School; and in 1942, it became the N. R. Crozier Technical High School or simply "Crozier Tech" as most people called it.

During the 1980s the building had the dubious distinction of being used as one of the sets for the movie "Robocop."

In 1995, it became entirely vacant and in 1999, part of the building was damaged by fire.

In 2004, Preservation Texas placed the old school building on its list of most endangered places. Finally, in 2015, developer Matthews Southwest purchased it and with the help of Merriman Anderson/Architects and RLG Consulting Engineers, began to convert the building into office space.

Altogether, the conversion project cost about $52 million. Of that sum, $14 1/2 million was funded through federal and state historic tax credits. In late 2017, the building had ts first tenant, the architecturural firm of Perkins+Will. In 2018, the building received a Preservation Achievement Award from Preservation Dallas.