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Marker No: 7987

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 32.459446, -96.569801

Marker Text: ​The community's first school was housed in a multi-purpose building erected here in 1870. The Bristol School district was established in 1877. Youth from throughout the area attended Bristol schoolhouse built in 1886 and 1913. A new brick school containing five classrooms and an impressive auditorium and stage was completed here by the U.S. Works Progress Administration (WPA) in 1940. 130 pupils attended the 9-grade, 6-teacher school in 1940-41. The school served the area until 1955. In 1957 its facilities and grounds were deeded to the Bristol Cemetery Association. (1995)

Location: Corner of Church St. and Union Hill Road, Bristol