Stephenson High School – Dripping Springs TX

City:
Dripping Springs, TX

Site Type:
Schools, Education and Health

New Deal Agencies:
Work Relief Programs, Works Progress Administration (WPA)

Started:
1938

Completed:
1939

Quality of Information:
Moderate

Marked:
Yes

Site Survival:
Extant

Description

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) hired local workers to build the Stephenson High School. The school replaced an older facility that no longer met the needs of a growing population the surrounding area. Dedicated in 1939, the new structure was a one-story limestone building with a metal hipped roof. The school was named after a popular student, Allen J. Stephenson. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2013. The structure is currently home to American Legion Post 290 and VFW Post 2933.

Source notes

National Register of Historic Places registration Form, 2013: (https://atlas.thc.state.tx.us/NR/pdfs/13000504/13000504.pdf), accessed April 8, 2018.

Marker at the entrance to the building

Site originally submitted by Eveline Evans on April 8, 2018.

Location Info


103 Old Fitzhugh Road
Dripping Springs, TX Hays County

Coordinates: 30.1934364, -98.0895557

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