| Masonic Home Independent School District | |
|---|---|
 Masonic Home and School of Texas | |
| Address | |
3600 Wichita Street
United States | |
| Coordinates | 32°42′32″N 97°16′46″W / 32.70889°N 97.27944°W |
| District information | |
| Grades | K-12 |
| Established | 1913 |
| Closed | 2005 (dissolved) |
| Other information | |
| Merged into | Fort Worth ISD |
| Notes | School district for orphans, of notable historical interest |
| Website | Masonic Home and School of Texas - History |
Masonic Widows and Orphans Home Historic District | |
  Masonic Widows and Orphans Home Historic District  Masonic Widows and Orphans Home Historic District | |
| Location | Roughly bounded by E. Berry St., Mitchell Blvd., Vaughn St., Wichita St. and Glen Garden Dr., Fort Worth, Texas |
| Area | 206 acres (83 ha) |
| Built | 1910 |
| Architect | Wiley G. Clarkson, Herbert M. Greene |
| Architectural style | Late Gothic Revival |
| NRHP reference No. | 91002022[1] |
| Added to NRHP | January 28, 1992 |
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.[2] Starting in 1913, it had its own school system, the Masonic Home Independent School District.[3][4] Orphan Blake R. Van Leer was the only boy in 1909, went on to become president of Georgia Tech and civil rights advocate.[5]
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.[2][6]
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
- ^ a b "Masonic Home and School of Texas Historic Marker". 1999. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
- ^ Neeley, Shirley, J.Closing of Masonic Home Independent School District Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine, Texas Education Agency, retrieved 2008-04-10
- ^ Masonic Home and School of Texas - History, retrieved 2008-04-10 Archived March 24, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Beyond the Chain Link Lay the Kingdom of the Mighty Mites". 1909. Retrieved 2019-09-04.
- ^ "Masonic Widows and Orphans Home Historic District ~ NHRP: 91002022". National Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior.