The Museum for East Texas Culture is a museum in Reagan Park in Palestine, Texas.
Palestine High School | |
 Former Palestine High School in 2017 | |
  Palestine High School  Palestine High School | |
| Location | 400 Micheaux Ave., Palestine, Texas |
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| Coordinates | 31°45′29″N 95°37′38″W / 31.75806°N 95.62722°W |
| Area | 4 acres (1.6 ha) |
| Built | 1915 |
| Built by | A.W. Flynt |
| Architect | Sanguinet & Staats |
| Architectural style | Tudor Revival, Jacobean-Tudor |
| Website | Museum for East Texas Culture |
| NRHP reference No. | 86002295[1] |
| RTHL No. | 8790 |
| Significant dates | |
| Added to NRHP | September 24, 1986 |
| Designated RTHL | 1986 |
The building was built in 1915 as Palestine High School.[1] It opened in 1916 and graduated its first class in 1917. In 1939 it became a junior high school, and was named the Reagan School, after John H. Reagan, in 1955. It became an elementary school in 1966 and closed in 1976. It opened as the current museum in 1982.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as "Palestine High School" in 1986.[1]
See also
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References
edit- ^ a b c "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ "The Museum in Reagan Park". Palestine, Texas: Museum for East Texas Culture. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012.
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