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United States historic place
Palestine High School
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark
Former Palestine High School in 2017
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Location400 Micheaux Ave.,
Palestine, Texas
Coordinates31°45′29″N 95°37′38″W / 31.75806°N 95.62722°W / 31.75806; -95.62722
Area4 acres (1.6 ha)
Built1915 (1915)
Built byA.W. Flynt
ArchitectSanguinet & Staats
Architectural styleTudor Revival, Jacobean-Tudor
WebsiteMuseum for East Texas Culture
NRHP reference No.86002295
RTHL No.8790
Significant dates
Added to NRHPSeptember 24, 1986
Designated RTHL1986

The Museum for East Texas Culture is a museum in Reagan Park in Palestine, Texas.

The building was built in 1915 as Palestine High School. 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. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as "Palestine High School" in 1986.

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "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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