Rockport School

Rockport School (HM1084)

Location: Rockport, TX 78382 Aransas County
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Country: United States of America
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N 28° 1.723', W 97° 3.155'

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Rockport School has served the town of Rockport for many years as both an educational and community institution. It dates to 1935, during the era of the Great Depression. One of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs to combat the Depression was the Federal Emergency Administration of Public works, later the Public Works Administration (PWA), part of the National Industrial Recovery Act. Workers completed construction on the Rockport School, labeled project number 2813, under the PWA, and local bonds helped to subsidize the government project.

The district had the structure built on the site of an earlier Rockport school, a wooden structure dating to 1892. When the new school opened, it housed eleven grades before adding the twelfth a few years later for full accreditation.

Rockport School served the community for many years while undergoing several changes. After World War II, a former Army Air Forces building provided space for a gymnasium and classroom addition utilized until the late 1950s. After construction of a new high school in the city in 1953, district officials converted this building into an elementary school and renamed it Rockport Elementary. In 2005, after the school closed, it became a community center.

This zigag moderne building features a dramatic stylized sunburst over the entryway. Other features include a running course of brickwork detailing and symmetrical, regular massing.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 2006
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HM NumberHM1084
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Marker Number13653
Year Placed2006
Placed ByTexas Historical Commission
Marker ConditionNo reports yet
Date Added Sunday, September 21st, 2014 at 6:20am PDT -07:00
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Locationbig map
UTM (WGS84 Datum)14R E 691444 N 3101912
Decimal Degrees28.02871667, -97.05258333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 28° 1.723', W 97° 3.155'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds28° 1' 43.38" N, 97° 3' 9.30" W
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Area Code(s)361
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 601-619 N Live Oak St, Rockport TX 78382, US
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