Historical Marker
Duffau School
Historical marker location:
Stephenville, Texas
( 15 mi. S of Stephenville on US 281; 4 mi. E on FM 1824 to Duffau Store; .5 mi. S on FM 2481; at intersection of FM 2481 and FM 1824)
Marker installed: 1998
This schoolhouse was built by architect-contractor George Coleman of Stephenville in 1936 with the $4,700 insurance settlement received after an earlier school building burned. The simple one-story structure, built of brick veneer over frame construction, is topped by a hipped metal roof and features a shed-roof front porch entry. Heated with wood stoves and lighted with oil lamps, it served the community as a school until 1958, when the Duffau School was consolidated with schools in nearby Hico. The building was converted to a community center maintained by local citizens.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1998.