1938 - Forney High School - Forney, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member WalksfarTX
N 32° 44.648 W 096° 28.594
14S E 736438 N 3625739
Building is undergoing restoration work. It is now used for the Forney ISD Administrative Offices.
Waymark Code: WM12YVA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 08/09/2020
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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Forney's first schoolhouse was built here about 1868, and its first general store was built nearby by pioneer settler John C. McKellar in 1871. This building was erected by the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1938-39. Designed by WPA architect Hoke Smith, the Spanish Colonial revival style structure features a tile roof, multi-light windows, buff brick, and wrought iron and cast stone details. A high school was housed here until 1974 and a middle school until 1993.

Year of construction: 1938

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Full inscription:
FORNEY-HIGH-SCHOOL / 1938 / BOARD OF EDUCATION / D.H. HUDGINS - PRES / J.K. BROOKE - VICE PRES / J.H. ELLIOTT - SECY / GUYTON McKELLAR - C.G. SENTER / B.B . HOLSEY - J.A. BOLES / O.E. POWELL - SCHOOL SUPT / S.B. FROST - BLDG SUPT / HOKE SMITH - ARCHT
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