Details for Rockport School

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5507013653

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Marker Number 13653
Atlas Number 5507013653
Marker Title Rockport School
Index Entry Rockport School
Address 619 N Live Oak St
City Rockport
County Aransas
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 691485
UTM Northing 3101960
Subject Codes educational buildings
Marker Year 2006
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark Yes
Marker Location 619 N Live Oak St
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 27" x 42"
Marker Text 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 Zigzag 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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