Old Red Schoolhouse - Trinity, TX
Posted by: WalksfarTX
N 30° 56.587 W 095° 22.524
15R E 273064 N 3425717
Prairie Style T-plan building completed in 1915 housed all grade levels until addition of high school building in 1928
Waymark Code: WMV6M5
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 03/04/2017
Views: 2
Marker Text:
Trinity's first schoolhouse was a one-room log structure built in 1872 near Cedar Grove Cemetery. A two-story frame schoolhouse that stood on this site from 1897 to 1911 was moved several blocks northwest to serve African-American students. Under Supt. J. Woolam Bright, construction of a new brick building began here in 1911, and after many delays it opened by 1915. The Prairie style, T-plan building housed all grade levels until completion of an adjacent high school in 1928. "Old Red" served as a schoolhouse for 80 years. When it was slated for demolition in the 1990s, concerned citizens and former students worked with the school district to preserve the historic building for continued use.
Street address: 100 W. San Jacinto Trinity, TX USA
County / Borough / Parish: Trinity County
Year listed: 2005
Historic (Areas of) Significance: Education
Periods of significance: 1950-1974, 1925-1949, 1900-1924
Historic function: Education
Current function: Education
Privately owned?: no
Primary Web Site: [Web Link]
Season start / Season finish: Not listed
Hours of operation: Not listed
Secondary Website 1: Not listed
Secondary Website 2: Not listed
National Historic Landmark Link: Not listed
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