National Register of Historic Places

Frantz, William, School

New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana
Listed
June 7, 2005
Type
Building
Period
Industrial
Ref No.
05000557

About this property

William Frantz Elementary School is an American elementary school located at 3811 North Galvez Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70117. Along with McDonogh No. 19 Elementary School, it was involved in the New Orleans school desegregation crisis during 1960. William Frantz Elementary School was one of the first all-white elementary schools in the Deep South to be integrated when Ruby Bridges became the first African-American student to attend the school. In 1960, when Bridges was six years of age, her parents responded to a request from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and volunteered her to participate in the integration of the New Orleans school system. The school was built in 1937. It was designed in understated Art Deco style by the school board's architect E.A. Christy. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005 as William Frantz School. In 2014, a statue of Ruby Bridges was unveiled in the courtyard of William Frantz Elementary School.

Location

3811 N. Galvez St.
New Orleans, Orleans County, Louisiana
29.97664, -90.03326

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When was Frantz, William, School listed on the National Register?

Frantz, William, School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 2005.

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Frantz, William, School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

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The period of significance for Frantz, William, School is recorded as the industrial era.

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