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Museum for East Texas Culture

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Built
  
1915

RTHL #
  
8790

Opened
  
1915

Phone
  
+1 903-723-1914

NRHP Reference #
  
86002295

Designated RTHL
  
1986

Area
  
2 ha

Added to NRHP
  
24 September 1986

Museum for East Texas Culture

Location
  
400 Micheaux Ave., Palestine, Texas

Address
  
400 S Micheaux St, Palestine, TX 75801, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–5PMWednesday10AM–5PMThursday10AM–5PMFriday10AM–5PMSaturday10AM–5PMSundayClosedMondayClosedTuesdayClosedSuggest an edit

Architectural style
  
Tudor Revival architecture

Similar
  
Davey Dogwood Park, Texas State Railroad, Howard House, Anderson County Courthouse, Depot Museum

Profiles

Old time music dulcimer festival at the museum for east texas culture in palestine texas


The Museum for East Texas Culture is a museum in Reagan Park in Palestine, Texas.

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The building was built in 1915 as Palestine High School. It opened in 1916 and graduated its first class in 1917. In 1939 it became a junior high school, and was named the Reagan School, after John H. Reagan, in 1955. It became an elementary school in 1966 and closed in 1976. It opened as the current museum in 1982. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as "Palestine High School" in 1986.

Museum for east texas culture


References

Museum for East Texas Culture Wikipedia