{"nrhp_refnum":"99000722","name":"Hardin, R.F.,High School","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"1009 Hall St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Brownwood","county":"Brown County","state":"TX","lat":31.724898876000054,"lon":-98.99061694199997,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-06-25","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Black","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, four-room stone schoolhouse at 1009 Hall Street in the Bailey Addition of Brownwood, Brown County, Texas, built in 1917 to a design by architect Henry Mount. It was originally called Brownwood Colored High School.","why_significant":"It is described as the last surviving building tied to the education of African Americans in Brownwood during the early years of school segregation. It was the only school in the district for Black children until 1960. It is also cited as a local example of Romanesque Revival design.","narrative":"Built in 1917 at 1009 Hall Street in Brownwood's Bailey Addition, this one-story stone schoolhouse served the town's Black students under segregation. The Brownwood school board used salvaged stone from the burned Coggin School, a school for white children, and architect Henry Mount sketched the four-room plan. The building has rough-faced, squared stonework, deeply recessed windows, and a projecting arched entry portal. It opened in September 1917 as Brownwood Colored High School and was renamed in 1934 for longtime principal Rufus F. Hardin. It also served as a community meeting space. Until 1960 it was the only school in the district for African American children, and it gained full accreditation as a twelve-grade high school in 1947. High school students moved to Brownwood High School after integration in 1955, and a new elementary building followed in 1960. Restrooms added in the 1930s are now ruins, and the property is vacant. It is recognized for its role in local Black education and for its architecture.","period_of_significance":"1917-1948","architect_builder":"Mount, Henry (Architect)","architectural_style":"Romanesque Revival","criteria":["A","C"],"status_note":"Current function is listed as vacant/not in use. The roof and part of the rear boys' restroom addition are gone, and the girls' restroom was demolished.","vacant_flag":true,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:24.091229-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/11/9714/40971411/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/99000722.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000722/6631a45802-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99000722/6631a45802-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hardinschool1.jpg\" rel=\"noopener\">Renelibrary</a>, <a href=\"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0\" rel=\"license noopener\">CC BY-SA 3.0</a>, via Wikimedia Commons","source_page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hardinschool1.jpg"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40971411","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._F._Hardin_High_School","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110001187"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/brown-county/hardin-r-f-high-school-99000722/"}