1949 Brick – Original LHS Building

Circa 1949


THE ITEM

Gray brick, approx. 8 inches by 4 inches by 2.5 inches tall, with three holes passing through the brick on the largest faces. The brick was salvaged during the 2021 demolition of the original Lewisville High School building on Purnell Street, which opened in fall 1949.

THE HISTORY

Lewisville’s first high school class opened in 1897 and graduated its first five students in 1901. All grades met in the same building until a stand-alone Lewisville High School opened in 1949 on Purnell Street in downtown Lewisville. In 1968, a new LHS campus opened in farmland on the western edge of town, at the school’s current location. The building was largely rebuilt in 2012-2013.

Donated by Lewisville High School in June 2022.