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Vintage photo
of entrance with faculty and alumni
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Bartlett
outgrew its second school building and plans were made for a new building
to be built at the same location. When the time came to begin construction
on the new building, the old building first had to be moved. The contract
was let to move the old school to the southwest corner of the block
so that work could begin on the new building and classes could continue.
The architect for the building was A. O. Watson of Austin, and a local
contractor, Flick and Son, won the bid to build the school.
The building, which was actually Bartlett’s third school building,
was completed in 1909 at a total cost of around $21,000. It was located
on a full city block and centered diagonally on that block. It featured
ten rooms, three offices, and an auditorium. It housed all grades
from 1909 until 1917, the elementary grades from 1917 through 1966,
and the primary grades from 1966 until 1988.
The doors of our building opened for classes the first time on September
13, 1909. Enrollment on opening day was 250 students and the faculty.
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Bartlett
School teacher
Alice Jones
1956 photo
courtesy Kathy Jones
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Bartlett School
Building front
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courtesy Bartlett Activites Center |
Side view
of the school
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The
architect who designed our building, Arthur Osborne Watson, also designed
the school in Alpine,
which was completed shortly after our school was completed.
- James Persky, Author of A History of Bartlett City Schools.
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