Historical MarkerBartlett Grammar School
Bartlett · Bell County · Dedicated 1994 · THC Atlas #5027000314
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Marker Inscription
By the early 1900s Bartlett had become the railroad center of a prosperous cotton growing region. In 1903 the Bartlett Independent School District was created. By 1906-07 the 5-room schoolhouse here proved inadequate to house the district's expanding student enrollment. Bartlett enlarged the district's tax base and passed a bond election, and in 1908-09 a new multi-wing brick building, designed by noted Austin architect A.O. Watson, was built here. When a new high school was erected in 1917, the facility at this site became an elementary/grammar school. The school closed in 1988. (1994)
About this site
Bartlett Grammar School is a historical marker in Bartlett, Bell County, dedicated in 1994. It is one of 223 historical markers documented in Bell County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 399 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.7977, -97.4310 near Bartlett. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Baptist Church of Bartlett (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Woman's Wednesday Club, Bartlett, and Site of Booker T. Washington School.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5027000314. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
