Gallatin School

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Marker Text: Three schools operated within the vicinity of Gallatin Various times, before that the school building was constructed in 1910. Due to high enrollment, the three-room building grew to five rooms within a year and required additional faculty. In the summer of 1917, the building burned and school was taught in local churches and Woodman Hall.
     In 1918, a two-story brick building was erected at the present site with three classrooms upstairs and three classrooms downstairs. In 1940-41, a stone gymnasium was built with the help of the works process administration (WPA). In 1945, the three upstairs rooms of the old building were torn down, and an auditorium stage and six classrooms were added.
     An  agricultural building was added in 1946, which was used as a G.I. school after World War II. It was later used by the homemaking department. In the summer of 1959, the Gallatin community voted to consolidate their school district with the Rusk independent school district. Gallatin high school students were bused to Rusk High School. 
   Following the consolidation, the Gallatin school building was used as one of the RusK elementary schools, teaching the first eight grades. Gallatin school became a place of the past, it serves as a reminder of the community's successful endeavor in providing an education to children of this area. (2015) 

Marker No: 18228

Aluminum 27 x 42 Subject Marker

Geographic: 31.887661,-95.148842

South Chandler Street, Gallatin