First Ward History — First Ward Houston

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Hawthorne Elementary School used to serve the First Ward; it opened in 1893, replacing Houston Avenue School ( which was later known as the First Ward School), and closed in 1959. Richard Brock Elementary School opened on the former Hawthorne site in

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