Bartlett Grammar School
N 30° 47.862 W 097° 25.865
14R E 650102 N 3408234
The state historic marker for the Bartlett Grammar School in front of the 1909 school building on Bell Street
Waymark Code: WMTKCC
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 12/03/2016
Views: 8
The former Bartlett Grammar School is located at 300 W. Bell St. in Bartlett.
Marker Number: 314
Marker Text:
By the early 1900s Bartlett had become the railroad center of a prosperous cotton growing region. In 1903 the Bartlett Independent School District was created. By 1906-07 the 5-room schoolhouse here proved inadequate to house the district's expanding student enrollment. Bartlett enlarged the district's tax base and passed a bond election, and in 1908-09 a new multi-wing brick building, designed by noted Austin architect A.O. Watson, was built here. When a new high school was erected in 1917, the facility at this site became an elementary/grammar school. The school closed in 1988. (1994)
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