Pleasant Hill School (Linden, Texas)

Pleasant Hill School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
School building in 2012
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Location	2722 Farm Rd. 1399, Linden, Texas
Coordinates	33°3′11″N 94°23′46″W
Area	1.3 acres (0.53 ha)
Built	1925 (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

• National Register of Historic Places listings in Cass County, Texas
• Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Cass County

References

1. "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
2. 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.)