History of Garfield School in Del Valle, Texas revealed.

The first Garfield School in Del Valle, Texas was built out of logs thus becoming a log cabin school called Haynie School. Haynie School only had 1 door and 1 window. This school was also used as a church as many rural schools across Travis County and the state of Texas were purposed as at one point in time. The name for Haynie School was changed to Garfield School later in honor of US President James A. Garfield. The Garfield School was named for US President James A. Garfield.

The log cabin Garfield School employed one teacher to teach 30 students. Instead of having a blackboard or paper, students wrote on slates. Later on the school district employed 2 teacher to teach at the Garfield School. Average daily attendance for Garfield School was 45 students at best. Two teachers split classes into a 120 day period. This teaching period was split in half.

In 1892, the Garfield School was erected as a one-room school building. A stage for speeches and performances was built. The one-room school building was used until 1915. In 1916 a newer school was built. Garfield School then became a three-room school. Garfield School counted 82 students in the 1934-1935 semester.

The Garfield schools and original Garfield School itself were consolidated into the Colorado Common School District (now Del Valle Independent School District) in 1954 following the school consolidation movement. During that same year, Garfield School shut down.

On June 7, 2010, the Garfield School was transformed into the Garfield Library. Today the Garfield School serves as Garfield Library and Hit The Spot Cafe. The school has been split in half into 2 businesses with the left half being Hit The Spot Cafe and the right half being Garfield Library. Garfield Library operates under East Travis Gateway Library District. Garfield School sits at its historic location at 5121 Albert Brown Drive, Del Valle, Texas, US 78617.