- City:
- Fort Worth, TX
- Site Type:
- Education and Health, Parks and Recreation, Schools, Landscaping and Tree Planting
- New Deal Agencies:
- Work Relief Programs, Civil Works Administration (CWA), Federal Emergency Relief Administration (FERA)
- Started:
- 1933
- Completed:
- 1934
- Designer:
- Hare & Hare
- Quality of Information:
- Very Good
- Marked:
- No
- Site Survival:
- Extant
Description
W. C. Stripling Middle School was originally constructed as W. C. Stripling High School in 1927. In 1933-34, the grounds were landscaped by the Civil Works Administration (CWA), the Federal Emergency Relief Administration FERA), and the Texas Relief Administration.
The landscaping was designed by Hare & Hare of Kansas City, MO. It created a raised and level area on the north side of the school, held in place by a ~5-foot buff sandstone retaining wall (and steps).
There are tennis courts above the wall and a football field with running track below. It is not certain if those were part of the original landscaping or added later.
There is a memorial plaque to a Stripling student who died in WWII in the wall by the steps.
As of 2023, the retaining walls are in danger of removal for a school expansion project.
Source notes
"Eight Decades of School Construction: Historic Resources of the Fort Worth Independent
School District, 1892-1961," City of Fort Worth. p. 41.
Site originally submitted by Steven and Susan Kline on January 6, 2015.
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