1938-1939 - Murphy School - Murphy, TX
N 33° 00.999 W 096° 36.800
14S E 722936 N 3655664
The Murphy School was built by the WPA in 1938-1939, serving as a community school only for eleven years before being used in other functions. It is now the Murphy Community Center, at 205 N Murphy Rd, Murphy, TX.
Waymark Code: WMP3DH
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 06/23/2015
Views: 2
The school building is a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, and a Texas Historical Marker at the rear door provides some background:
Murphy was originally called Old Decatur after the hometown of founder C.A. McMillen. In 1888 the town was renamed Murphy after William Murphy donated land to build a train depot and a post office. The Federal Works Project Administration (WPA) built Murphy School in 1939, which because of consolidation lasted only until 1950. The city purchased the building and has used it as city hall, a police department and a fire house. Murphy School is a good example of a Depression-era public education building and is the last historical building in Murphy from the 1930s.
Year of construction: 1938
Full inscription:
Murphy Public School
Board of Education
T.W. Brigham - Pres.
A.F. Ingram - Sec. - Henry Jones
L.V. Moulden - N.C. Turner
C.W. Williams - R.A. Bailey
Homer L. Adamas - School Supt.
Hoke Smith - Archt.
W.P.A. - 1938 - 1939
Cross-listed waymark: Not listed
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