Turkey Creek High School, Historic Building
N 27° 56.672 W 082° 10.236
17R E 384840 N 3091609
Located on Turkey Creek Rd
Waymark Code: WM1TZ4
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 07/09/2007
Views: 33
Turkey Creek High School, Historic 5005 Turkey Creek Rd., S Plant City 2001-03-02
On the north end of east Hillsborough County's Turkey Creek Middle School stands a simple two-story brick building, nestled among the modern commercialized strawberry fields of Plant City. The windows are dark, the doors are locked; a brass plaque near the front door identifies the historic landmark as Turkey Creek School.
Turkey Creek was one of Plant City's very first - and very last - "strawberry schools", rural institutions operating on an annual schedule coinciding with the winter strawberry harvest. Strawberry school students - mostly the children of local farmers - attended school from March to December, with three months break to help work the fields during the winter strawberry season.
Street address: 5005 Turkey Creek Rd Plant City, FL USA 33563
County / Borough / Parish: Hillsborough
Year listed: 2001
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Architecture/Engineering, Event
Periods of significance: 1925-1949, 1950-1974
Historic function: Education
Current function: Education
Privately owned?: yes
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Secondary Website 1: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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