Details for Education in Plantersville

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5000022843

Data

Marker Number 22843
Atlas Number 5000022843
Marker Title Education in Plantersville
Index Entry
Address 11317 Old Schoolhouse Rd.
City Plantersville
County Grimes
UTM Zone
UTM Easting
UTM Northing
Subject Codes educational topics
Marker Year 2020
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location
Private Property No
Marker Condition
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text In the original plat of Plantersville, a four-acre lot was set aside for a school, later built by the Plantersville Masonic Lodge as a shared space. Across the street on another corner lot was the female school where the town surveyor, James K. Markey, served as the first teacher. By 1865, the schools merged. The Masonic Lodge Building was used until 1912, when a modern brick school, named Plantersville High School, was built on the site. Students attended grades nine through eleven, with a grammar school located on the same campus. The senior class of 1942 was the last to graduate from the high school. In 1951, the school district became part of the Navasota ISD and the high school building was razed. (2020)