The Baker Center , previously the Baker School , Baker Junior High School , and W. R. Robbins High School , is a historic building in the Hyde Park neighborhood of Austin , Texas . It has been, in sequential order, an elementary school , a middle school , an alternative high school , and an administrative building for Austin ISD . In 2018, the Baker Center was bought by Tim and Karrie League founders of Alamo Drafthouse , and now serves as their corporate headquarters.
21-518: The Baker Center or Baker Centre may refer to: Baker Center (Austin, Texas) , a historic former school in Austin Baker Center for Children and Families, a research and training institute affiliated with Harvard Medical School Ella Baker Center for Human Rights , based in Oakland, California Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy , at
42-620: A filming location for the TV shows Friday Night Lights and Walker , and the movie Lousy Carter . As of October 27, 2023, the Baker Center is on the National Register of Historic Places for its significance in educational and architectural history. When it was built, the Baker School replaced the original Hyde Park School, which was established by Monroe Shipe, after Hyde Park School
63-548: A key person and their support staff such as the CEO office and other CEO related functions; the "corporate policy making" functions: Include all corporate functions necessary to steer the firm by defining and establishing corporate policies; the corporate services: Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners;
84-459: Is headquartered has a significant influence on the company's activities, including its business practices and its corporate philanthropic giving. Corporate headquarters is considered a business's most prestigious location. A corporation's headquarters may also bring prestige to the city it is located in and help attract other businesses to the area. Businesses frequently locate their corporate headquarters in large cities, such as New York, because of
105-537: Is named for DeWitt Clinton Baker, who was the treasurer of the Austin Library Association in 1875. Additions to Baker School were built in 1924, by city planner and architect Franz Hugo Kuehne, and in 1939 by the firm Kriesle and Brooks. In the late 1930s, federal aid was lent to the school, which was used to create a large rear addition. As a result of the expansion, the school now served elementary and middle school-aged pupils. The district then renamed
126-628: The Baker Center. It was added to the register in October 2023, which allotted the company a tax credit . In 2021, the film Lousy Carter conducted most of its filming at the Baker Center. The film was shown inside The Rosette on March 31, 2024. Corporate headquarters Corporate headquarters is the part of a corporate structure that deals with tasks such as strategic planning, corporate communications, taxes, law, books of record, marketing, finance, human resources, and information technology. Corporate headquarters takes responsibility for
147-519: The London headquarters and to perform the tax function and legal compliance function within the United Kingdom. Most of the multi-business firms have their corporate headquarters performs obligatory functions. It represents all businesses legally in respect of the regulator(s) and aggregates the financial, tax, and legal data. Similarly, the corporate headquarters can also function as the company's face to
168-652: The University of Tennessee John Calhoun Baker University Center , at Ohio University Tom Baker Cancer Centre , at the Foothills Medical Centre in Alberta, Canada Walter Baker Sports Centre , in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Baker Center . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
189-483: The affordable housing for teachers. In one of the building's former classrooms are wax figures of Amish men and women seated at desks. These figures originate from a museum in Pennsylvania, which Alamo Drafthouse co-owner Tim League had purchased. Following the purchase, League was unsure of where to store these figures, and decided to keep them in the Baker Center. In 2020, Alamo Drafthouse sought NRHP status for
210-573: The building for educational purposes. In 2017, the school's gymnasium was converted into an art venue named the "Rosette." It has been used primarily as a performance space for Austin Classical Guitar . Movie theater chain Alamo Drafthouse bought the Baker Center in 2017 for $ 10.6 million. Alamo Drafthouse said they would use it as their corporate headquarters , but that it would also create affordable housing for public school teachers on
231-409: The corporate headquarters is more entrepreneurial in nature. It is considered the major source of corporate advantages and key in justifying the configuration of diversified companies. It comprises various horizontal and vertical coordination activities, such as the leveraging of the synergy potential and the application of management innovation. The "control role" of the corporate headquarter guides
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#1732855339603252-464: The country or internationally. Companies, however, generally do not have two corporate headquarters, even if they are international companies, although they may have branches that take on some of the responsibility for making corporate decisions in other countries. For example, if a company is headquartered in New York but has an office in London, the company may assign a specific location in London to act as
273-406: The customer and build reputational value. Shared services are services provided by the corporate headquarters for various business units. Owing to the aggregation of demand for these services, the headquarters can realize scale effects and provide them at lower total costs. Typical shared services are HR, IT, and marketing services. In contrast to the first two roles, the "value creation role" of
294-459: The greater business opportunities available there. The corporate headquarters may or may not be in the location in which the business is incorporated or where the majority of its employees work. Offices of a business that are not the corporate headquarters are called "branch offices". The headquarters is often selected by the founders of the company to be conveniently located to where they live. Branch offices may then be opened, either locally, within
315-407: The interface: Reporting line and bi-directional link between corporate headquarters and business units. Most other divisions and branches report to the corporate headquarters and staff may visit there periodically for training or other instructions". The corporate services are often relocated into a separate legal entity called shared services center . Research shows that the city in which a company
336-402: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Baker_Center&oldid=1216919520 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Baker Center (Austin, Texas) It has been used as
357-402: The overall success of the corporation and ensures corporate governance . It is sometimes referred to as the head office , which is the location where the executives of a business work and where many of the key business decisions are made. Generally, corporate headquarters acts as a core when the business is operating. The corporate headquarters includes: the CEO ( chief executive officer ) as
378-482: The property. They promised it would not be "just a development project". Concerns were raised over Alamo Drafthouse winning the auction, as other bidders had spent millions more on their bids. ColinaWest Real Estate owner David Kahn sued Austin ISD, alleging that they had violated proper vetting processes by not going with one of the higher bids made. Kahn would later withdraw his lawsuit. Alamo Drafthouse has yet to build
399-430: The school became the administrative headquarters for Austin ISD. During this period, the building was used as a filming location for the TV shows, " Friday Night Lights " and " Walker, Texas Red ", as a school in both cases. In 2016, in the wake of budget cuts, the district put the Baker School on the real estate market. They had previously suggested selling the school in 2011. Austin ISD asked that any buyers use
420-414: The school to reflect this. Baker Junior High School was renovated in 1958 and 1961 in an effort to modernize the building, as well as to accommodate the growing population of Hyde Park. The school's "Band Building" was established during the renovations. The Baker Junior High School was converted into an Alternative High School in 1980. W. R. Robbins closed in 1995. After the closing of W. R. Robbins,
441-593: Was unable to accommodate the neighborhood's growing population. It was identical to the Fulmore Middle School in South Austin, which would later become Lively Middle School. The Baker School was designed by the architectural firm Endress & Walsh and their associate Roy L. Thomas. The school was dedicated on November 28, 1911, as a segregated elementary school for white children living in Hyde Park. It
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