Pleasant Run School
Colleyville, Tarrant County, Texas
Marker Inscription
Early settlers have recalled that a log school stood near this site as early as 1870. By 1877, 45 students were enrolled. In 1884, A.J. Colwell deeded two acres here to the Pleasant Run School Trustees for a public school and church. In 1897 a wooden school-house stood here and one teacher, Emma Dixon, was teaching 93 students during a 120-day term. A 2-story brick building was completed c. 1913, replaced by a Works Progress Administration structure in 1939. About 233 students were enrolled in 1960. Classes were last held here in 1962, soon after consolidation with Grapevine.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
A log school reportedly stood near this Colleyville site as early as 1870, and by 1877 it had 45 pupils. After A.J. Colwell deeded two acres for a public school and church in 1884, the campus grew through a wooden schoolhouse — where one teacher, Emma Dixon, taught 93 children — a brick building around 1913, and a WPA structure in 1939. Classes ended in 1962 after consolidation with Grapevine.
Why it matters
The school's near-century of buildings, from log cabin to New Deal-era WPA structure, charts how rural American education grew, modernized, and finally consolidated.
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Related people
- · A.J. Colwell
- · Emma Dixon
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