Schoolhouse

Schoolhouse. Replica. , This replica of Frisco’s one-room schoolhouse is a model of what schools were like during the town’s early days. The schools were made of wood, usually either unpainted or painted white, and were built as a community project. Farmers in the area would pick a centralized location and build a single room school house as a group. Students were taught by one teacher who instructed multiple grades at a time. The teacher’s desk sat on a platform and students sat at wooden desks., Due to the lack of electricity, oil lamps and sunlight provided light while a wood or coal burning stove provided the heat. , This schoolhouse contains early Texas textbooks, a water bucket and ladle, and a 45-star U.S. flag to represent the 45 states of the Union in 1902 , the year Frisco was founded. , Schoolhouse Fashion , Large group of children and standing and sitting in rows in front of a Texas school building. The women and girls wear dresses or shirts with skirts, the boys wear button-up shirts and some of the boys and men wear suits, ties and hats. , Tours and Education , The Frisco Heritage Museum offers guided tours for groups and schools. Whether you’re a first-time visitor to Frisco or have lived here your whole life, we’re sure you will learn something new! , Heritage Center tours teach the historical significance of the buildings, give a taste of what life was like in Frisco when they were built and tell the incredible stories of the pioneers who lived and gathered in them. You will also discover a steam locomotive, a blacksmith shop and a one-room schoolhouse. , Heritage Stories , Until the end of segregation in 1965, Frisco’s African-American students attended the Hamilton School named after preacher Jack Hamilton. The school’s date of origin is uncertain, but it is believed that the building was erected about 1925. The wooden building had two rooms split down the middle by a breezeway. It served as a church on Sundays. The building had no running water and was heated by a wood-burning stove, outhouses for restrooms, and used books from the all white school.