Wheelock School House
10691 Cavitt St., Wheelock, TX, USA
Texas, USA
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EST. 1908
EST. 1908
1840
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HISTORIC PRESERVATION at Wheelock School House.
The Texas Historical Commission Atlas records this marker as in situ at the listed location. It remains part of the state marker inventory; the placement description and coordinates in this row follow the current official Atlas record and should be field-verified before publication.
About Wheelock School House
Thomas Wade Hedrick and his son William Love Hedrick donated land in 1907 for a new school in Wheelock, succeeding an earlier academy from the 1840s. The community financed the two-story frame schoolhouse, completed in 1908 with four classrooms and a second-floor auditorium. It served about two hundred pupils before closing in 1950.
HISTORY HAPPENED HERE at Wheelock School House
Education in the community dates to the Wheelock Academy in the 1840s. In 1907, Thomas Wade Hedrick and his son, William Love Hedrick, bought 220 acres and set aside 2.4 acres for a new school site. No records of county financing have been found, so it was likely financed by the community. The unusually large rural school built in 1908 is a two-story frame building with dormers, clapboard siding and double-hung windows. There are four classrooms on the first floor and a stage and auditorium encompassing the entire second floor. In the 1930s, five teachers served an enrollment of 200 pupils. Classes continued until the 1949-50 school year. Students then transferred to Franklin, and the Wheelock school became a community center. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2019 Source: https://atlas.thc.texas.gov/Details/5507022613
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