Museum_for_East_Texas_Culture

Museum for East Texas Culture

Museum for East Texas Culture

United States historic place

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.[1] 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.[2] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places as "Palestine High School" in 1986.[1]

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  1. [1]
    "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. [2]
    "The Museum in Reagan Park". Palestine, Texas: Museum for East Texas Culture. Archived from the original on March 22, 2012. Retrieved March 13, 2012.

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