Marker Inscription
Education, Ethnic Heritage - Black
Historic Place
Lampasas Colored School (2002)
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About this site
Lampasas Colored School is a historic place in Lampasas, Lampasas County, dedicated in 2002. It is one of 3 historic places documented in Lampasas County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 122 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.0649, -98.1730 near Lampasas. The nearest cataloged historic site is Lampasas Colored School (historical marker), about 0.1 miles away. Others within a short drive include First United Methodist Church of Lampasas, Lampasas County Courthouse, and Lampasas County Courthouse.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2002000404. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
This limestone schoolhouse is the oldest public school building in Lampasas and a rare surviving reminder of segregated education in the region. African American students were taught here from 1898, and the present two-room vernacular limestone building was constructed in 1923 after voters approved funds in 1922. Through the 1940s the school offered only ten grades, forcing students to leave town for their final two years of high school; it closed with integration in 1963. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2002 and designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 2009.
Also at or near Lampasas, Lampasas County
“Lampasas Colored School” names 2 distinct records in Lampasas County. This page is the historic place dedicated in 2002 in Lampasas. The others:
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