Details for Reinhardt Elementary School

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5113006846

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Marker Number 6846
Atlas Number 5113006846
Marker Title Reinhardt Elementary School
Index Entry Reinhardt Elementary School
Address 10122 Losa Dr.
City Dallas
County Dallas
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 715814
UTM Northing 3635315
Subject Codes educational topics
Marker Year 1994
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location 10122 Losa Dr. in Dallas
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 27" x 42"
Marker Text Reinhardt Elementary School traces its history to the 1880s, when a small frame schoolhouse was built on the farm of John Chenault to serve children of early settlers in this vicinity. After the Santa Fe Railroad built a line through the area and erected a depot about 1885, a town evolved and was named Reinhardt for Dallas merchant Isadore Reinhardt. Soon the town boasted two stores, a cotton gin, and a bank, and by 1900 a new frame school building was constructed near the rail line. Two teachers taught students in all grades. About 1910 a second frame building was erected on the opposite side of the railroad tracks, and in 1921 it was replaced by a two-story red brick school building. After the Casa Linda neighborhood was developed in the 1930s a larger Reinhardt Elementary School was built at this site in 1941. Reinhardt became a part of the Dallas School System in 1945 when the town of Reinhardt was annexed to the city of Dallas. Enlarged over the years to serve an ever-increasing enrollment, Reinhardt Elementary School continues to play an important role in Dallas education. It is considered the "Mother School" of Casa View Elementary and several other schools in the area.