Nash Public School, Nash, Texas, Ellis County. (original) (raw)

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

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

The old schoolhouse as the Community Center / Museum today
Photo courtesy Bob Worley, August 2005

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