Glover School

The Handbook of Texas says Glover, also called Glover School, grew up around a school established after 1900, 1.5 miles southwest of Augusta off Farm Road 227. In the mid-1930s it was a predominantly Black community with a school, a church and a large number of houses. Aldrich's 1943 county history says Augusta's school had been consolidated with Glover's, under Professor Euclid Smith as superintendent, and that no school was then taught at Augusta. After World War II many residents moved away, but a church, a cemetery and some houses stood in the early 1990s.

What the plaque says

Glover School Established in 1881, the Glover School served residents of the rural Glover Community. Under the direction of teacher James Breeze, a one-room schoolhouse was built on A.E. Sloan's land, now the site of the Old Glover Cemetery. A consolidated school district was formed in 1836 and the third schoolhouse was built at this site soon after. Destroyed by fire in 1938, it was rebuilt the next year. The school merged with the Kennard District in 1967, but community identity and pride provided by the early school are reflected in biennial reunions of ex-students and teachers. (1981)

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

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