02799cam a2200277 4500 1163231892 TxAuBib 20061220120000.0 060712s1905||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u TxAuBib Old Killeen School [picture]. Killeen School. 1905. 1 photograph : b& w ; 19 x 32 cm. Mounted on board. Title supplied by cataloger. Photoprocessing courtesy of Killeen Daily Herald. Rights: These materials may be copied free by individuals and libraries for personal use, research, teaching (including distribution to classes), or any 'fair use' as defined by U.S. copyright laws. Please include this statement and author or photographer attribution with any copies you make. The materials may be linked freely in non-commercial, non-subscription Internet editions created for an educational purpose. Terms: Anyone interested in any other use of these materials, including for-profit Internet editions, should obtain permission from Killeen City Library System, 205 E. Church Avenue, Killeen, Texas 76541. Killeen's first brick school -- the pride and joy of the town for 20 years -- was built in 1902 (at a cost of $10,000) and enlarged in 1909. The building was located at College Street and Avenue D, on top of School House Hill. The school was completely destroyed by fire on March 15, 1923. This picture, circa 1905, shows the rear view of the school. The three-story school, which included a rotunda in the middle, was built by Frank Sapp, a prolific stone and brick mason of the time. The building sported a large dome which was visible all over town. The school pictured in this photograph was the fourth Killeen school. Killeen's first school was a wood frame building, built in 1882, located on the corner of 4th Street and Avenue B. Two years later another school was built on the south side of Avenue D near the present day Avenue D Fire Station. This building, referred to as the 'The Red School House' was demolished by a tornado in 1887. Another wood frame school was soon built. After the Old Killeen School burned in 1923, a new school was built in the same area and was completed on February 1, 1924. This school, referred to as the Avenue D School, remained the only school in town until 1944 when the influx of military dependents prompted the building of Rancier Junior High. Killeen's first elementary school was not built until 1952. 20061220. Photograph number 10. Schools Texas Killeen. Killeen (Tex) History Photographs. TXKIP