Booker T. Washington School - Gainesville, TX - WPA Projects on Waymarking.com

There is a Work Projects Administration plaque, dated 1938-1940, on the front of the building, and a Texas Historical Marker stands in front of the school. It says:

In 1880, two years before the City of Gainesville created a public school system for all its children, Island Sparks, a young Mulatto, taught the black children of the city. In 1886, the city built a frame school building on this site for the community's black youth. Originally known as the Gainesville Colored School, the school adopted the name Booker T. Washington sometime before 1927. The original two-story facility was replaced in 1939 with a red brick, WPA project structure. Desegregation in 1965-66 resulted in the closing of Booker T. Washington as a black institution.

A 2011 Gainesville Daily Register article about the school's having been vandalized is here. (visit link)

Project type: Government building (non-park) Date built or created: 1939 Location: Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and N Culberson St City: Gainesville, TX Condition: In need of renovation/repair Website for additional information: [Web Link]

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