Somerville Stadium

Emerging from the Great Depression, the Somerville school board partnered with the Works Progress Administration to build a football stadium in Somerville. Known as "The Rock," the stadium was designed by Travis Broesche in the Rustic style of architecture. Using native stone and petrified wood, it was completed by the Works Progress Administration in 1940. A crew of around 100 local men transferred rock from the nearby Yegua Creek bottom and erected the stadium, most with little or no masonry experience. The stadium has hosted football, baseball, powder-puff football, graduation ceremonies, and other local community events, and it remains a unique reminder of the community's perseverance during a time of hardship.

Somerville, Texas · United States