Details for Pease School Building

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507017181

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Marker Number 17181
Atlas Number 5507017181
Marker Title Pease School Building
Index Entry Pease School Building
Address 1106 Rio Grande Street
City Austin
County Travis
UTM Zone
UTM Easting
UTM Northing
Subject Codes Education, Buildings
Marker Year 2012
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location 1106 Rio Grande Street, Austin
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text THE AUSTIN GRADED SCHOOL HOUSE WAS DEDICATED ON OCT. 28, 1876. THE BUILDING, ON THIS SITE ORIGINALLY SET ASIDE FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES BY THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS IN 1839, WAS ONE OF THE FIRST IN TEXAS BUILT ENTIRELY FROM PUBLIC FUNDS. THE THREE-STORY LIMESTONE SCHOOL CONTAINED 12 ROOMS AND SERVED 200 STUDENTS. LATER CALLED WEST AUSTIN SCHOOL, THE BUILDING WAS BADLY DAMAGED BY A MAY 1896 FIRE. IT WAS REBUILT WITH TWO ADDITIONAL ROOMS, WITH THE ORIGINAL WALLS FORMING THE CENTRAL PART OF THE RENOVATION. IN 1902, THE SCHOOL WAS RENAMED FOR FORMER GOVERNOR ELISHA M. PEASE. ADDITIONS WERE MADE IN 1916 AND 1926, BY AUSTIN ARCHITECTS DENNIS R. WALSH AND HUGO KUEHNE, RESPECTIVELY. THE BRICK AND CAST STONE EXTERIOR EXHIBITS A SIMPLIFIED CLASSICAL STYLE ARCHITECTURE.