{"nrhp_refnum":"99001624","name":"Riverside Public School","other_names":["Riverside Public School No. H","Corinth Baptist Youth Center"],"category":"building","location":{"address":"2629 LaSalle St.","address_restricted":false,"city":"Fort Worth","county":"Tarrant County","state":"TX","lat":32.75831322100004,"lon":-97.30554438499996,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1999-12-30","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Black"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A one-story, two-room brick school building at 2629 LaSalle Street in the Riverside neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, built in 1911 for African American students and designed with Prairie School-inspired detailing.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the school is significant under Criterion A for its role in educating African American youth, first in the community of Riverside and later in Fort Worth, under the 'separate but equal' system. It is described as a rare surviving small urban two-room school for Black students and the oldest extant school building in Tarrant County built for African American students.","narrative":"Built in 1911 on LaSalle Street in Fort Worth's Riverside neighborhood, this small brick schoolhouse served African American children until 1936. The one-story building has a low hipped roof with wide overhanging eaves, dark brick corner piers, a projecting portico and rough stucco beneath the cornice, details drawn from the Prairie School. Inside, two classrooms of about 20 by 28 feet were divided by a center wall, which still survives along with a pressed metal ceiling and some wainscoting. Riverside's school board ran the school until the area was annexed by Fort Worth in 1922, and the city system took over in 1923. Records and a 1920s survey describe crowding and modest conditions, yet former students remembered the school with pride. Sold in 1950 and turned into a house, it later became a youth center for Corinth Baptist Church. It is regarded as a rare surviving small urban school built for Black students and the oldest of its kind in Tarrant County.","period_of_significance":"1911-1936","architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements/Prairie School","criteria":["A"],"status_note":"Sold by the school district in 1950 and converted to a house; since 1994 it has served as the youth center for Corinth Baptist Church. Exterior form is largely intact, with replaced windows and a removed front parapet.","vacant_flag":false,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:54:23.901649-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/opastorage/live/44/9735/40973544/content/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_TX/99001624.pdf"},"photo":{"url_800":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001624/28dcd32173-800.webp","url_1600":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/media/99001624/28dcd32173-1600.webp","licence":"CC BY-SA 3.0","author":"Renelibrary","credit_html":"<a href=\"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Riverside_Public_School.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:Riverside_Public_School.JPG"},"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/40973544","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q110002297"},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/texas/tarrant-county/riverside-public-school-99001624/"}