{"nrhp_refnum":"05001458","name":"Eola School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"12119 FM 381","address_restricted":false,"city":"Eola","county":"Concho County","state":"TX","lat":31.402441112000076,"lon":-100.08908940699996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"2005-12-22","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A single-story school building in Eola, Concho County, Texas, about eighteen miles east of San Angelo, built in 1928 with a 1939 limestone and brick gymnasium addition and rebuilt in 1948 after a fire. The 7.5-acre site also holds a limestone wall, two water tanks and a tennis court.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant under Criterion A in the area of Education at the local level. Eola residents pursued school facilities from the town's founding, and the school grew through consolidation until 1983. It also served as a social center, and its 1939 expansion was built with WPA funds.","narrative":"Eola School is a one-story school complex in the farming community of Eola, eighteen miles east of San Angelo, Texas. Local voters approved a bond to build the original eight-room building in 1928. In 1939, a second bond combined with Works Progress Administration funds paid for a rough-faced limestone gymnasium with brick trim, along with a limestone perimeter wall and two concrete water tanks. Plans came from San Angelo architect L.H. Gaskins. A 1946 fire damaged the 1928 section, and the 1948 repairs added stucco, metal windows and zig-zag Moderne pilasters and entrances. By 1940 the school had 221 students and eleven teachers, making it the second largest in the county. It closed in 1983 after district consolidation and stood vacant for some years before rehabilitation began. Its significance rests on its role in local education and as a community gathering place, with a period of significance from 1928 to 1955.","period_of_significance":"1928-1955","architect_builder":"Luther Hines Gaskins","architectural_style":"Modern Movement: Moderne, Art Deco","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Closed in 1983 and left vacant for years; the building is privately owned and was being rehabilitated at the time of nomination.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.50715-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/75/9715/40971575/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/05001458.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001458/e35c9c73f2-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/05001458/e35c9c73f2-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY 4.0","author":"Larry D. Moore","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eola_Texas_Former_School_2019.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Larry D. Moore</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY 4.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eola_Texas_Former_School_2019.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971575","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110000171"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/concho-county/eola-school-05001458/"}