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Feb 6, 2020 · By 1925, after Fort Worth had almost doubled its area by annexation in 1922, Fort Worth would have twenty-seven wards. But this four-part series is a snapshot of the dear old Golden Rule days of the schools of Fort Worth’s first nine wards. Parts 2, 3, and 4 look at the early schools of each ward:
Apr 12, 2013 · The history of the Third Ward is complicated because that ward, during the era of segregation, was the first ward to have schools for white students and schools for African-American students. The Third Ward included Fort Worth’s African-American “downtown.”
Apr 14, 2013 · Ward school buildings built after 1900 (for example, Hogg in the Eleventh, de Zavala in the Eighth, Daggett in the Tenth) often had the designation “District” instead of “Ward” carved above their entrance. Fort Worth’s first eight wards had been created in areas southward from the courthouse.
Mar 1, 2024 · It is notable that all of these buildings were designed by prominent Fort Worth architect Wiley G. Clarkson. Schools that received additions included George C. Clarke Elementary, Denver Avenue Elementary, Fort Worth Central High School, and the South Fort Worth School.
Feb 17, 2024 · The last racially segregated school built by a defiant Fort Worth ISD was the Ninth Ward Colored School in 1958. This was four years after the Supreme Court’s Brown vs. the Board of Education...
- Richard Selcer
Jun 12, 2004 · Anybody know anything about the Ninth Ward Elementary School at Gounah and Grant Streets? Located at 524 Grant, original stone foundation is extant topped off with a much newer FWISD service building/warehouse.
Stephen F. Austin School is located on 319 Lipscomb Street in Fort Worth, Texas. Designed by the firm Messer, Sanguinet and Messer, the school opened in 1892 as the Sixth Ward School or the Broadway School.
