 815 W. Florence st. Denison, Texas The
Cotton Mill School in extreme south Denison began in a small one-room
structure at 800 West Florence Street. Children of cotton
mill
workers went to this school. In 1906, the community
celebrated
its all-new school house, built next door to the original building
which was then torn down. The school house served the
community
for fourteen years, when a new two-story brick building was built to
the left and a few yards further back from the street. On
opening
day in September 1922, the new school received its new name, Golden
Rule, by which it is still known.
The lumber from the old Cotton Mill School was removed and used in building a small structure on South Woodlawn Boulevard, known as Brownsville School, serving African Americans for over four decades. There was enough lumber left over to build the Bois D'Arc Baptist Church in Dubois - - - Billy Holcomb In 1948, two rooms were added on the north side of the building. In 1952, a new cafeteria was built on the south end of the building. As of 1955 the Golden Rule School, thought located in Denison city limits, wasn't a part of Denison ISD. The 1955 Denison City Directory listed the address of Golden Rule School as 815 W. Florence Street. Advisory Board
In the
summer
of 1964 Golden Rule School consolidated with Denison ISD. (Bryant
&
Hunt, Two Schools on Main Street, page 232)
W. B. Munson Jr. E. H. Hughes W. C. Everett W. W. Clark M. S. Magee, Sect. Peel & Sullenberger, Cont. John Tulloch, Arch.  Cotton Mill School History Schools Susan Hawkins © 2024 If you find any of Grayson CountyTXGenWeb links inoperable, please send me a message. |