Site of Wesley School

Czech immigrants came to this area in 1859 and renamed it the Wesley community. Professor Josef Masik tutored children in his home, and the Bohemian Slovakian Reading Club of Wesley provided the first area school building about 1863. Beginning in 1866, classes were held in the Wesley Brethren Church, and as the area grew, new school structures were required in 1873 and again in 1898. In 1911, the school moved to a former store on this site. It became an eight-grade school in 1927, and a new building was erected in 1931 as the population continued to grow. The school served ten grades in 1949, then returned to eight grades in 1953 as enrollment fell when people left rural areas for the city. It closed in 1961 and merged with Brenham schools, and the last Wesley School building on this site burned in 1962.

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