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Dr. Benjamin Franklin Barkley (1822-1882) donated land for the first Birdville School. Barkley practiced law and medicine and is buried in Birdville Cemetery, which also happens to be on land he donated.

About Dr. Barkley:

In 1855 Dr. Benjamin…

Schooling in Birdville probably dates back to 1855. In 1858, English prohibitionist William Hudson helped establish the Birdville Academy. The red brick building, erected in 1920, occupied property originally used as a school site along Broadway and…

The famous red brick building was really the second red brick building built for the Birdville ISD. The one pictured was opened for the 1926 school year after the previous building burned. The two-story building had four classrooms on the lower floor…

Birdville School 1913.

Top Row:
Miss Ethel Carrol ( teacher), Mary Reeves, Gertrude Owens, Maxie Bradley, Bena Hovencamp, Bertha Naylor, Cecil Owens, Mattie Reeves

Second Row:
Beatrice Brooks, Pearl Bewley, Edna Naylor, Edith Anderton,…

Birdville School 1924-1925

Top Row:
Lucille Castor, Mary Bell Angle, Onas Brooks, Mary Roberts, Nell Gray (the teacher), Catherine Tomas, Jane Reeves, Joseph Brown.

Second Row:
Emmitt Wills, Madie Sexton, Ethel Thompson, Madine Cornish,…

Aerial view of Birdville stadium between Broadway and Grapevine Highway/Belknap Street, December 1965.

Blitz poses for the camera.