Junction School Campus
N 30° 29.266 W 099° 46.665
14R E 425356 N 3373092
The historic marker in front of the Junction High School, at one time the only school in Junction
Waymark Code: WMPQFY
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 10/07/2015
Views: 4
This historic marker is located in front of the Spanish Mission-style Junction high school building at 17th and College Street on the west edge of downtonn Junction.
Marker Number: 15910
Marker Text:
Junction Schools operated at three other sites before moving here in 1908. Nancy Patterson Vaughn deeded land to school Trustees, who commissioned construction of a two-story stone building here. In 1912 the State designated Junction as a first-class high school. The campus expanded in 1915 with an athletic field bounded by a hedgerow of elm trees. After a new high school was built, this site became Junction Grammar School and later Junction Middle School. Many buildings have been added to the campus, including a WPA-gymnasium in the mid-1930s. Junction became an Independent School District in 1936 and annexed most rural county schools in 1947. The site continues to serve students more than a century after its establishment. (2009)
Marker is property of the State of Texas
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