| Marker Number |
8757 |
| Atlas Number |
5001008757 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Four Pines School |
| Index Entry |
Four Pines School, Site of |
| Address |
2305 Salt Works Rd. |
| City |
Palestine |
| County |
Anderson |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
246100 |
| UTM Northing |
3515688 |
| Subject Codes |
educational topics |
| Marker Year |
1993 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
2305 Salt Works Rd., Palestine |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
27" x 42" |
| Marker Text |
In 1911 school trustees D. Barry, C. F. Everett, and W. L. Pickle purchased one acre of land here to establish a school. An old tobacco barn at this site was converted for use as a schoolhouse. The school was named for four prominent pine trees near the school entrance. By 1918 the barn/school building had been razed and replaced with a 3-room frame schoolhouse. The school offered instruction in grades one through eight. Funds raised by students through the sale of farm animals and cotton grown on school grounds were used by trustees to purchase an adjacent lot in 1925. In 1946 Four Pines had four teachers and a student enrollment of 67. The Harmony and Pleasant Grove Consolidated School Districts merged with Four Pines in 1949, and three classrooms and a gymnasium/auditorium building were added to the school complex. Athletic teams wore the school's green and gold colors and were known as the "Pine Burrs." In 1937 the nearby Magnolia, Long Lake, and Tucker schools formed the Woodhouse School District. In 1959 Woodhouse merged with Four Pines to form the Tucker common School District which in 1976 was renamed Westwood. Westwood Elementary School is currently on the same site as the original Four Pines School. (1993) |
