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Lampasas Colored School

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The school, the church and the people working to preserve them.

Lampasas Colored School & New Hope Baptist Church

Explore photos of the two landmarks at 514 and 602 College Street in Lampasas, Texas. Read the school’s history or the story of New Hope Baptist Church.

The limestone Lampasas Colored School at sunset, with two blue doors and its Texas historical marker out front — The Lampasas Colored School at 514 College Street.

Front of the Lampasas Colored School on a sunny day, with the Texas Historical Commission marker beside the entrance path — The schoolhouse and its Texas historical marker.

Texas Historical Commission marker titled Lampasas Colored School, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark 2009 — The marker, Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 2009.

Visitors standing in the empty interior of the Lampasas Colored School under exposed wood beams, beside large windows — Inside the school today, awaiting restoration.

The white clapboard New Hope Baptist Church with a bell tower and church sign on College Street in Lampasas — New Hope Baptist Church, 602 College Street.

Carved wooden altar rail at New Hope Baptist Church reading In Remembrance of Me — The altar rail, carved “In Remembrance of Me.”

The five members of the LCS board of directors standing in front of the Lampasas Colored School and its marker — The LCS board of directors at the school. Left to right: Dr. Coy Poitier, Dr. Lonnie Woods, Mrs. Tasha Lewis, Russell Smith and Mr. John Porter.

Five LCS team members standing together in front of the school wall and historical marker in August 2025 — LCS team members at the school, August 2025.

LCS board members and Lampasas city officials gathered in the council chamber, June 2026 — LCS board members with city officials, June 2026.

City of Lampasas letter of intent dated January 28, 2026, to grant the school and church to LCS — The city’s letter of intent, January 28, 2026.

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