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Blackwell School Alliance
A school on S Abbot St, with 32 places within a five-minute walk. One of 7 schools & childcare in Marfa.
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On the National Register since 2019
Blackwell School
Blackwell School was added to the National Register of Historic Places on Dec 4, 2019. It is significant for its hispanic, education and ethnic heritage at the local level.
The Blackwell School was a segregrated school in Marfa, Texas, that served the city's Hispanic population from its construction in 1909 until the end of school segregation in 1965. On October 17, 2022, President Joe Biden signed legislation authorizing Blackwell School National Historic Site as a unit of the National Park Service (NPS); it was established on July 17, 2024, after the NPS acquired the property from th…
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The nearest neighbor is Blackwell School National Historic Site, 1 min walk away.
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Address
501 S Abbot St
Hours
Not set
Phone
(432) 729-4445
Website
http://www.theblackwellschool.org/
Status
Open
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Some place details from Overture Maps (CDLA-Permissive-2.0). Changes go live once a second neighbor confirms them. Building history: National Park Service, National Register of Historic Places.