Old Hidalgo School - Hidalgo, Texas - U.S. National Register of Historic Places on Waymarking.com

Long Description:
Not only are people in this county confused about the history of the "http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM3N9N">courthouse, they seem to not know which building is the ‘Old School House.’ On the same block are two school buildings - one Victorian-meets-Craftsman dance-hall looking structure, the other stream-lined Art Deco. One was built in 1915, the other a decade later, in 1925. The 1915 structure is one-story; the 1925 structure is two-story. A Texas State Historical Marker identifies the "http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM2K44">1925 structure as the ‘Old School House.’ The picture submitted to the Texas Historical Commission with the NRHP narrative shows the two-story 1925 school house as the ‘Old School House.’ But the narrative describes the ‘Old School House’ as “a one-story, painted brick, hip-roofed structure...with eleven squared brick columns across the north elevation.” Which one is which? Who cares, both are cool buildings.

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Source:
Texas Historical Commission, "Old Hidalgo School"
Available at "http://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/">Texas Historical Atlas

Street address: Flora and 4th Streets Hidalgo, TX USA County / Borough / Parish: Hidalgo County Year listed: 1979 Historic significance: Event, Architecture/Engineering Period of significance: 1900-1924 Historic function: Hotel, Meeting Hall, School Current function: Vacant/Not In Use [U.S.] National Register of Historic Places URL: [Web Link] Privately owned?: Not Listed Season start / Season finish: Not listed Hours of operation: Not listed Website (secondary): Not listed

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