Hopewell School
National Register of Historic Places

Hopewell School

Cedar Creek, Bastrop County, Texas
Listed
June 7, 2015
Type
Building
Period
Civil War
Ref No.
15000334

About this property

Hopewell School, also known as the Hopewell Rosenwald School, is a former African American school in Bastrop County, Texas, United States. that was built in 1921–1922, a time of racial segregation in the United States. The school was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on July 15, 2015, and designated a Recorded Texas Historic Landmark in 2022. The school was initially funded by a land grant of 1.5 acres and a monetary grant from Martin and Sophia MacDonald of Bastrop County, who were enslaved as children. The school was also paid for through public funds, money raised from the African American community, and a monetary grant from the Rosenwald Fund. The school opened in 1922 and closed in the late 1950s, when the United States Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education found that state laws establishing racial segregation in public schools were unconstitutional, rendering the school obsolete.

Location

690 TX 21 W.
Cedar Creek, Bastrop County, Texas
30.09856, -97.46146

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Sources

Property data from the National Register of Historic Places, National Park Service (public domain).

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When was Hopewell School listed on the National Register?

Hopewell School was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on June 7, 2015.

What type of historic resource is Hopewell School?

Hopewell School is classified as a building in the National Register of Historic Places.

What is the period of significance for Hopewell School?

The period of significance for Hopewell School is recorded as the civil_war era.

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