Peter's Prairie School

Peter's Prairie School (HM1PKR)

Location: Brady, TX 76825 Mason County
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N 30° 53.672', W 99° 17.005'

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During the 1850s and 1860s, Mason County landowner "Major" Joshua Peters, supplied cut prairie grasses from here to Fort Mason for their horses. The community which developed took the name Peter's Prairie. In 1877, John Rhoads and W.H. Morris petitioned county commissioners to open a community school on land deeded by Larkin Morris south of the present site. Rhoads, W.H. Morris, and C. Coalson were named trustees, and $149.60 was raised locally to fund the new picket schoolhouse, which opened with 59 students. Miss Jane Hurley was one of the earliest teachers. In 1894, J.W. Henry bought four acres from J.H. Tabor to build a frame school at the current site. Citizens showed their commitment to education by raising their ad valorem tax rate from 20 to 50 centers per 100 dollars valuation in 1913.
     After Peter's Prairie and Fikes schools consolidated in 1921, a new three-room school was built from masonry blocks poured and formed on Ms. Anna Martin's property on the Llano River and hauled here by wagon. The grounds included a water well, playground, and courts for basketball, volleyball and tennis. Mason County's championship tennis tradition started here, introduced by Walter Adkins. Helen Sell Tallent, who played here, was an inaugural inductee of the Texas Tennis Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Peter's Prairie taught grades one to ten, and the high quality of education was confirmed by numerous academic and athletic awards won by students in rural school competitions. Although Peter's Prairie School consolidated with Mason schools in 1946, the schoolhouse continues to serve as a center of local activity and as the heart of the community. The school has hosted such community functions as dances, lunches, showers, musical performances, Christmas parties, and a quilting club.
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HM NumberHM1PKR
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Marker Number17658
Year Placed2013
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
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Date Added Wednesday, November 25th, 2015 at 9:04pm PST -08:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 472913 N 3417948
Decimal Degrees30.89453333, -99.28341667
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 30° 53.672', W 99° 17.005'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds30° 53' 40.32" N, 99° 17' 0.3" W
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Area Code(s)325
Which side of the road?Marker is on the right when traveling South
Closest Postal AddressAt or near US Route 377, Brady TX 76825, US
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