Mount Pleasant Colored School

Built in 1919 on a site donated in 1886 by J.R. Couts, the Weatherford Colored School was the only African American school in the city. Renamed Mount Pleasant Colored School in 1936, it was a two-room brick building, and an additional frame building called Wilson Hall was added in 1950 for upper grades. High school students were driven to Fort Worth. After Weatherford schools integrated following the 1964 Civil Rights Act, the school closed. Renovations started in 2011. Mount Pleasant Colored School symbolized the African American community's endurance and commitment to education, with dedicated teachers providing quality instruction for grades 1-9 for many years.

Weatherford, Texas · United States