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PARD publishes update on Montopolis Negro School preservation effort
For nearly three decades in the 20th century, the Montopolis Negro School gave Black children an education in an era when they were not welcome in Austin schools. The schoolhouse at 500 Montopolis Drive was not just a place of education,…
Preservation • By Sean Saldaña • May 13, 2021
City estimate: Preserving Montopolis Negro School would cost $5.7M
The city of Austin is beginning the process of using eminent domain to seize the 1-acre plot at 500 Montopolis Ave., home of an 83-year-old building that was once the Montopolis Negro School. The structure is a rare vestige of…
Preservation • By Jack Craver • Sep 19, 2018
Montopolis Negro School case gets plot twist
A plan to preserve the Montopolis Negro School and a surrounding 25-foot buffer was soundly rejected at a heated Planning Commission meeting earlier this month. Now the case is headed to City Council, and it does not look like the…
Another Montopolis Negro School clash at Travis County
Opponents of a plan to redevelop a chunk of land in Southeast Austin upon which sits a former segregation-era school for African-Americans were handed a pair of setbacks on Tuesday. After a heated discussion, the Travis County Commissioners Court declined…
Preservation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jul 12, 2017
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Travillion steps up to the plate for Montopolis Negro School compromise
Barely an hour after taking his ceremonial oath of office at his first Travis County Commissioners Court meeting, Commissioner Jeff Travillion took on a big special assignment. At the request of County Judge Sarah Eckhardt, Travillion committed to brokering a…
Preservation • By Caleb Pritchard • Jan 9, 2017
County considers calls to preserve Montopolis Negro School building
A group of activists scurrying to preserve a segregation-era schoolhouse brought their case before the Travis County Commissioners Court on Tuesday. Led by East Austin advocates Fred McGhee and Susana Almanza, the group urged the court to help protect the…
Preservation • By Caleb Pritchard • Dec 21, 2016
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Montopolis school for Black students reopened its doors as neighborhood fights for preservation
Montopolis Negro School, a segregation-era grade school for Black children, reopened its doors on Saturday, welcoming Montopolis residents new and old, including some former students, back to an alma mater that hasn’t operated as a school in 60 years. The…
Preservation • By Willow Higgins • Nov 11, 2021
PARD holds open house for historic school project
The Parks and Recreation Department will be hosting an open house at the historic Montopolis Negro School to give community members “the opportunity to see the school as it is today and imagine what could be possible,” according to the…
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City opens input on Monotopolis school
The city of Austin is launching an effort to plan for the future of the Montopolis Negro School. The Parks and Recreation Department will hold its first virtual meeting on Oct. 27 at 4 p.m., followed by an open house…
Despite higher valuation, Montopolis School property appears headed to court
The city’s purchase offer via eminent domain for the Montopolis Negro School property appears to be headed to court. On Tuesday a three-member Special Commissioners Hearing agreed on a value of $464,000 for the schoolhouse portion of the Southeast Austin…
Preservation • By Chad Swiatecki • Jan 25, 2019
Austin could seize old Montopolis school through eminent domain
After months of negotiation, City Council has opened the door to seizing the site of the old Montopolis Negro School in East Austin. Council approved a measure last week to pursue eminent domain proceedings after it was unable to agree…
Preservation • By Syeda Hasan • Jul 6, 2018
Montopolis school headed toward future as a musem
A last-minute save for the Montopolis Negro School moved forward Thursday. City Council voted unanimously in favor of a plan to that would use Hotel Occupancy Tax funds to buy and preserve the school as a museum. (Council Member Ellen…
