1937 - Junior-Senior High School - New London, TX
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WalksfarTX
N 32° 14.353 W 094° 56.480
15S E 317093 N 3568605
This building was erected after a gas explosion on March 18, 1937, leveled the 1931 school building killing 311 students and teachers.
Waymark Code: WM11M2P
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 11/10/2019
Views: 1
County Line Magazine
"Awash in shock and grief, New Londoners chose action over paralysis. The school board approved plans for a new school within a week. It opened for fall classes the following year."
Hearne Democrat Sep 1937
"Preston M. Geren, Fort Worth architect, has blue print plans completed for New London's new school building, and says construction should start sometime in September. The new structure will be "E" shaped, 160 by 280 feet, of reinforced concrete with solid brick exterior walls and gypsum block interior partitions. It will cost $250,000. Plans for heating are by steam, not gas radiators."
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