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Texas Schoolhouse Serves a Community When you meet members of the CSAA someday, you'll find that we are all involved in some manner with a schoolhouse: enjoying, owning, preserving, curating, researching, repairing, fundraising, programming, teaching in them, or writing about them. We talk about schoolhouses like others talk about their grandchildren or their pets. What we have in common is that we're trying to save these quaint little buildings and their history. One of our previous posts talks about how it takes a village to care for them, and luckily, many of them are part of a historic village. Two of our CSAA board members, Richard and Catharin Lewis (TX) know all too well what it takes to save a schoolhouse, moving it 45 miles to League City, Texas in 1992. The website tells us that, "West Bay Common School Children’s Museum is a League City Historical Society project. This One Room Schoolhouse sits on the site of League City’s original school built in 1894 on land donated by JC League. The school provides a hands-on-history program where over 100,000 school aged children have experienced what a day was like in a one room school in the late 1800’s." When we speak of LCHS's village, the site also includes a fabulous Barn Museum, an Ice House and a Barber Shop, an original Outhouse and a Water Pump. And with all that history to share, it appears members of LCHS never rest. The community events they organize are varied and fascinating often drawing hundreds of people of all ages. Check out their website for ideas for your own society including: White Linen Night, National Night Out at the Museum, Punkin' Parade, Murder and Mayhem in League City, Music in the Historic District, Victorian Christmas Tea....etc. Remember, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. When you meet Catharin and Richard at the annual conference in June 2026...they'll tell you about their decades of involvement with this wonderful village.
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