Skeeter Flat School
Skeeter Flat School
Collins School
Troy Road
Wylie, Texas
The Skeeter Flat School was located where the Dallas, Rockwall and Collin County lines meet. Even though the building was in Collin County, the school district was part of Rockwall County and it served all 3 counties. Alfred Collins donated land for the school.
Collins School or Skeeter Flat was a shotgun school with a porch. It was located where FM 544 East dead ends to the left across the bridge and to the right about a mile from 544.
Doc Ross was said to be its trustee for many years. Both Hubert Allen and Thelma Collins Allen went to school there. It disbanded around 1943 and the building was moved to Rockwall for a school house for blacks.
Teachers included Arzie Russell in 1917 (top photo): Wilson Harper and Edith Smith in 1924 (lower photo); and Juanita Allison in 1935.
Collins School
Troy Road
Wylie, Texas
The Skeeter Flat School was located where the Dallas, Rockwall and Collin County lines meet. Even though the building was in Collin County, the school district was part of Rockwall County and it served all 3 counties. Alfred Collins donated land for the school.
Collins School or Skeeter Flat was a shotgun school with a porch. It was located where FM 544 East dead ends to the left across the bridge and to the right about a mile from 544.
Doc Ross was said to be its trustee for many years. Both Hubert Allen and Thelma Collins Allen went to school there. It disbanded around 1943 and the building was moved to Rockwall for a school house for blacks.
Teachers included Arzie Russell in 1917 (top photo): Wilson Harper and Edith Smith in 1924 (lower photo); and Juanita Allison in 1935.
