- City:
- Tolar, TX
- Site Type:
- Schools, Education and Health
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)
- Started:
- 1939
- Completed:
- 1940
- Quality of Information:
- Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
The completed project, including the local funds and Works Progress Administration money, totals around $37,000.
The structure is built of native stone, it contains eight class rooms, study hall, library, office, text book room and auditorium. Hardwood floors were used throughout. Class rooms included a Home Economics equipped with cabinets, work tales, stoves and machines and a Vocational Agricultural room with a trophy cabinet. Heating provided by seventeen new butane heaters, and a 1,000 gal butane storage tank.
The auditorium has a seating capacity of 500, with room for still more seats. A large stage with dressing rooms, inclined floor and good lighting make another unit in the splendid new structure.
Source notes
The Hood County Tablet - 17 Oct 1940, (https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21823715/the_hood_county_tablet/), clipping on Newpapers.com.
Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on July 15, 2018.
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