- City:
- Bristol, TX
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1938
- Completed:
- 1940
- Contractor:
- Works Progress Administration
- Quality of Information:
- Moderate
- Marked:
- Yes
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
Text from the state historical marker reads:
“The community’s first school was housed in a multi-purpose building erected here in 1870. The Bristol School district was established in 1877. Youth from throughout the area attended Bristol schoolhouse built in 1886 and 1913. A new brick school containing five classrooms and an impressive auditorium and stage was completed here by the U.S. Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1940. 130 pupils attended the 9-grade, 6-teacher school in 1940-41. The school served the area until 1955. In 1957 its facilities and grounds were deeded to the Bristol Cemetery Association.”
Source notes
Texas Historic Sites Atlas https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/Details/5139007987Site originally submitted by Larry Moore on September 18, 2016.
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