Old Red Schoolhouse LbNA #75960
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Add Location| Owner: | Baby Bear  |
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| Plant date: | Mar 4, 2022 |
| Location: | Cedar Grove Cemetery |
| City: | Trinity |
| County: | Trinity |
| State: | Texas |
| Boxes: | 1 |
| Found by: | Not yet found! |
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| Last found: | N/A |
| Last edited: | Mar 8, 2022 |
Difficulty: Easy
Distance: 30 yards
The Old Red Schoolhouse is still standing, and can be seen on Hwy 19 and San Jacinto In Trinity. The box is located in Cedar Grove Cemetery close by. Here is history of Schoolhouse:
Trinity’s first schoolhouse was a one-room log structure built in 1872 near Cedar Grove Cemetery. A two-story frame schoolhouse that stood on this site from 1897 to 1911 was moved several blocks northwest to serve African American students. Under Supt. J. Woolam Bright, construction of a new brick building began here in 1911, and after many delays it opened by 1915. The prairie style, T-plan building housed all grade levels until completion of an adjacent high school in 1928. “Old Red” served as a schoolhouse for 80 years. When it was slated for demolition in the 1990s, concerned citizens and former students worked with the school district to preserve the historic building for continued use.
Directions:
From Schoolhouse, go north on Hwy 19 to Main St (3 blocks) and turn left. Turn right on Cemetery St. and go to 2nd entry. Enter and go straight, then curve left and park on the right near picture headstone for "Patricia Riddle".
To the Letterbox:
Walk past Riddle's stone and on toward cedar bush 20 yards away, with "Russell Brown" headstone before it. Box is on ground to right of Brown's stone and left of the other Brown stone. It is in middle of small bush.
Hike length: 0.1 miles
Distance: 30 yards
The Old Red Schoolhouse is still standing, and can be seen on Hwy 19 and San Jacinto In Trinity. The box is located in Cedar Grove Cemetery close by. Here is history of Schoolhouse:
Trinity’s first schoolhouse was a one-room log structure built in 1872 near Cedar Grove Cemetery. A two-story frame schoolhouse that stood on this site from 1897 to 1911 was moved several blocks northwest to serve African American students. Under Supt. J. Woolam Bright, construction of a new brick building began here in 1911, and after many delays it opened by 1915. The prairie style, T-plan building housed all grade levels until completion of an adjacent high school in 1928. “Old Red” served as a schoolhouse for 80 years. When it was slated for demolition in the 1990s, concerned citizens and former students worked with the school district to preserve the historic building for continued use.
Directions:
From Schoolhouse, go north on Hwy 19 to Main St (3 blocks) and turn left. Turn right on Cemetery St. and go to 2nd entry. Enter and go straight, then curve left and park on the right near picture headstone for "Patricia Riddle".
To the Letterbox:
Walk past Riddle's stone and on toward cedar bush 20 yards away, with "Russell Brown" headstone before it. Box is on ground to right of Brown's stone and left of the other Brown stone. It is in middle of small bush.
Hike length: 0.1 miles