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#1 lcbrownz

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Posted 10 May 2015 - 03:40 AM

In the May 9th edition of the Star-Telegram, (in the Bud Kennedy article about Congressman Jim Wright), it read Wright attended William James Elementary School. This is the time I ever heard of this school. Can someone post its location?



#2 John T Roberts

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Posted 10 May 2015 - 07:42 AM

I had never heard of William James Elementary School.  There is a William James Middle School, located at 1101 Nashville Ave.  It is listed here on this site at: http://www.fortworth...st/wmjames.htm.  I was thinking that the old Poly High School, located one block to the southeast, might have been William James Elementary, but it became Poly Elementary School before it was closed and eventually demolished.



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Posted 17 May 2015 - 07:53 AM

William James Junior High , 1101 Nashville

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Posted 17 December 2015 - 04:48 AM

I had never heard of William James Elementary School.  There is a William James Middle School, located at 1101 Nashville Ave.  It is listed here on this site at: http://www.fortworth...st/wmjames.htm.  I was thinking that the old Poly High School, located one block to the southeast, might have been William James Elementary, but it became Poly Elementary School before it was closed and eventually demolished.

It seems that Bud Kennedy pulled that "William James Elementary School" reference from the book, "Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington", New Edition.



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Posted 20 December 2015 - 09:21 PM

Facts should always be checked thoroughly when publishing articles.



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Posted 11 December 2023 - 10:30 PM

 

I had never heard of William James Elementary School.  There is a William James Middle School, located at 1101 Nashville Ave.  It is listed here on this site at: http://www.fortworth...st/wmjames.htm.  I was thinking that the old Poly High School, located one block to the southeast, might have been William James Elementary, but it became Poly Elementary School before it was closed and eventually demolished.

It seems that Bud Kennedy pulled that "William James Elementary School" reference from the book, "Profiles in Power: Twentieth-Century Texans in Washington", New Edition.

 

 

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Record PDC-23-0119: 
Pre-Development Conference
Record Status: In Review
 
Permit Address: 1101 Nashille Avenue AVE
 
Job Value($): $37,892,097.00
 
Proposed Square Feet: 30,000
Proposed Use: Middle School addition to the existing building
Job Value($): $37,892,097.00
Number of Buildings: 1

 

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From John's Main Page:

"Fort Worth Architect, Wiley G. Clarkson designed this school building as an adaptation of a Tudor Gothic style."

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