Kurth Ward School (Lufkin I.S.D.)

In 1921 Lufkin’s Kurth School, named for E.L. Kurth, was built on Raguet Street and in January 1922 students from West Side Grammar School were transferred to the new building. By 1947 enrollment had increased so rapidly that U.S. Army barracks from Camp Swift, Bastrop had to be placed on the campus. In 1951, the Moffett school building and the Boles school building were moved to the Kurth campus to eliminate the use of the army barracks as classrooms.