(LEGACY) Booker T. Washington School - Texas City, TX
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jhuoni
N 29° 22.907 W 094° 54.319
15R E 315090 N 3251794
My prediction was correct. The school has been demolished and all that is left is memories... Just like the Historic Booker T. Washington School, this work of art will be gone for ever.
Waymark Code: WMR2EA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 05/02/2016
Views: 4
Located less than a mile from the Port of Texas City and many chemical plants is the Booker T. Washington High School. Or at least the building which was once a high school.
This mural is on the wall facing 8th Street South. The work is unsigned. It features depictions of many famous African Americans and historical events.
The Texas Historical Marker in front of the decaying building reads:
Public education for African American students in Texas City began in 1915. The Texas City Independent School District hired Mrs. J. R. McKellar to teach all students; classes were held in churches and lodge halls until 1937, when the I. S. D. purchased this property and moved a one-story wooden building to the site.
For many years, Booker T. Washington School offered instruction only through grade 7, so students traveled to Galveston to complete their education. A brick schoolhouse constructed here in 1946-47 housed grades 1-10. In 1953, a high school building was added to the campus, and African Americans could at least complete their high school education in Texas City. Extra-curricular activities, including athletic and music programs, were important parts of student life.
With the full integration of Texas City public schools in 1969, Booker T. Washington closed. It remains, however, a significant part of Texas City's 20th-century social and educational history. The campus has continued in use for a variety of community purposes, including facilities for College of the Mainland in its initial years (1967-71), for Project Head Start (1974-89) and for the Calvin Vincent Learning Center (1996).
(1997)
City: Texas City
Location Name: Booker T. Washington School
Artist: Multiple Students
Date: Unknown
Media: Paint on Plastered Brick
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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