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THE NASH SCHOOLHOUSE

Nash, Texas

Ellis County

TX - Nash public school
The old Nash Schoolhouse shown with the historical marker
Photo courtesy Bob Worley, August 2005

Historical marker:

Nash Public School

In 1873 pioneer settler Thomas Alexander Williams (1827-1900) brought his family to this area, which was known as Garden Valley. Soon after his arrival, he directed the establishment of a school for the community. Classes were conducted at this site, originally part of Williams' farm. Renamed after the Nash Post Office opened in 1883, the public school closed in 1938 and students were transferred to nearby districts. The existing two-story frame building, which served as the second schoolhouse, in now used as a community center.
1980

Nash Public School Historical Marker , Nash, Texas

Nash Public School Historical Marker
Photo courtesy Bob Worley, August 2005



Nash TX -  schoolhouse, community center, museum
The old schoolhouse as the Community Center / Museum today
Photo courtesy Bob Worley, August 2005


Nash, Texas  - Thomas Alexander Williams marker
Marker of Thomas Alexander Williams who gave this acre "as the building site for the first Garden Valley School, erected about 1875." The town grew up around the school.
Photo courtesy Bob Worley, August 2005

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