Masonic Home Independent School District
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The Masonic Home and School of Texas was a home for widows and orphans in what is now Fort Worth, Texas
from 1889 to 2005. The first superintendent was Dr. Frank Rainey of Austin, Texas
. Starting in 1913, it had its own school system, the Masonic Home Independent School District.
The campus included buildings designed by architects Wiley G. Clarkson of Fort Worth and Herbert M. Greene of Dallas, and it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1992.
(closed nearly a century later during the construction of Cowboys Stadium) and the home was opened to non-Masonic orphans. On January 10, 1913, under laws passed in 1905 allowing orphanages to organize their own schools, the Texas State Board of Education created the Masonic Home Independent School District.
, Twelve Mighty Orphans. In 1995, the Masonic Home won the Class 1A State Football Championship.
and the buildings and grounds were sold to a private developer.
Fort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
from 1889 to 2005. The first superintendent was Dr. Frank Rainey of Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
. Starting in 1913, it had its own school system, the Masonic Home Independent School District.
The campus included buildings designed by architects Wiley G. Clarkson of Fort Worth and Herbert M. Greene of Dallas, and it was listed in the National Register of Historic Places as a historic district in 1992.
Early history
In 1889, the Masons opened a home for widows and orphans of Masons. Later, widows moved to a location in nearby ArlingtonArlington, Texas
Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas within the Dallas–Fort Worth metropolitan area. According to the 2010 census results, the city had a population of 365,438, making it the third largest municipality in the Metroplex...
(closed nearly a century later during the construction of Cowboys Stadium) and the home was opened to non-Masonic orphans. On January 10, 1913, under laws passed in 1905 allowing orphanages to organize their own schools, the Texas State Board of Education created the Masonic Home Independent School District.
Football glory
Its 1930s football teams are the subject a 2007 book by Jim DentJim Dent (author)
Harry James "Jim" Dent is an American author and sportswriter. He wrote The Junction Boys, a New York Times best-selling book about Bear Bryant's Junction Boys. He covered the Dallas Cowboys football team as a sportswriter for 11 years...
, Twelve Mighty Orphans. In 1995, the Masonic Home won the Class 1A State Football Championship.
Later years
The school closed in 2005 due to lack of funding. The school district merged with the Fort Worth Independent School DistrictFort Worth Independent School District
Fort Worth Independent School District is a school district based in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. It is currently the fifth largest school district in Texas ....
and the buildings and grounds were sold to a private developer.
See also
- Grand Lodge of TexasGrand Lodge of TexasThe Grand Lodge of Texas, Ancient Free and Accepted Masons is the largest of several governing bodies of Freemasonry in the State of Texas, being solely of the Ancients' tradition and descending from the Ancient Grand Lodge of England, founded in 1751. It was originally founded as "The Grand Lodge...
- List of school districts in Texas
- University Interscholastic LeagueUniversity Interscholastic LeagueThe University Interscholastic League is an organization that creates rules for and administers almost all athletic, music, and academic contests for public primary and secondary schools in the American state of Texas....
- F. W. Woolworth Building (Fort Worth, Texas)F. W. Woolworth Building (Fort Worth, Texas)The F.W. Woolworth Building is a historic department store building located in Sundance Square neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas. The building served as a retail location for the F. W. Woolworth Company from 1926 to 1990. It now houses a JoS. A. Bank Clothiers store.Designed by Wiley G. Clarkson &...
, also by architect Wiley G. Clarkson