Pleasant Hill School (Linden, Texas)
Appearance
Pleasant Hill School | |
Location | 2722 Farm Rd. 1399, Linden, Texas |
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Coordinates | 33°3′11″N 94°23′46″W / 33.05306°N 94.39611°W |
Area | 1.3 acres (0.53 ha) |
Built | 1925 |
Architectural style | Bungalow/Craftsman |
MPS | Rosenwald School Building Program in Texas MPS |
NRHP reference No. | 04000891[1] |
RTHL No. | 16678 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | August 20, 2004 |
Designated RTHL | 2010 |
The Pleasant Hill School at 2722 Farm Rd. 1399 in Linden in Cass County, Texas was a Rosenwald School built in 1925 to serve African-American children. It has elements of Bungalow/craftsman style. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2004.[1]
It is a two-teacher-plan Rosenwald School that cost $3,450 to construct. Funding was $2,050 from public monies, $700 from the Rosenwald Fund, $700 from Negroes, and $0 from Whites, according to historic records.[2]
It was one of 23 Rosenwald schools in Cass County, of which only it and another in Linden survived in 2003.[2]
See also
[edit]- National Register of Historic Places listings in Cass County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Cass County
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b Hannah Vaughan; Ronnie B. Gipson (December 2003). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: Pleasant Hill School". National Archives. Retrieved February 20, 2017. (Downloading may be slow.)
Categories:
- School buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
- School buildings completed in 1925
- National Register of Historic Places in Cass County, Texas
- Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
- Rosenwald schools in Texas
- 1925 establishments in Texas
- American Craftsman architecture in Texas
- Bungalow architecture in Texas
- Texas Registered Historic Place stubs