Brown’s Prairie School (former) – Washington Co. TX

Description

A small rural schoolhouse was built in 1939 by the WPA for students in the rural community of Brown’s Prairie, replacing a 1911 wooden one-room schoolhouse.

Brown’s Prairie School as described on a Texas Historical Marker located on the site of the former school: “In 1888, a church and school building was erected in a central location at newly-divided Brown’s Prairie, with the Reverend David Buchmueller as pastor and teacher. By 1911, a new wooden six-room school building was used each Sunday, with one teacher for six grades. In 1939, the wooden school was replaced using WPA funds, constructed by architect Travis Broesche and stone mason Carl Whitmarsh. In the 1940s, the Brown’s Prairie School was referred to as Washington School, and after the 1950-51 school year, all students were transferred to Brenham after its annexation into the district.”

It is now the activity center for Friedens Church.