Details for Centennial School
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507015264
Data
| Marker Number | 15264 |
| Atlas Number | 5507015264 |
| Marker Title | Centennial School |
| Index Entry | Centennial School |
| Address | 2998 FM 503 |
| City | Valera |
| County | Coleman |
| UTM Zone | 14 |
| UTM Easting | 448546 |
| UTM Northing | 3518665 |
| Subject Codes | |
| Marker Year | 2008 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | In 1936, the Valera, Bowen, White Chapel and New Central communities established a common high school. The new centralized campus – the second rural high school in Coleman County – was named to commemorate Texas’ Centennial of Independence celebrated that year. After the original frame school burned in 1940, federal grants from the Works Progress Administration helped build a new schoolhouse, gymnasium and teacherage. Consolidation created the Talpa-Centennial district in 1958 and then Panther Creek in 1986, with this campus serving as an elementary school. After a new Panther Creek school opened near Voss in 1988, this site became a cooperative alternative school and later a recreation lodge. (2008) |