2000 Park Place Avenue
Fort Worth, TX 76110
817.922.6660
www.lilybclayton.org

Lily B. Clayton Elementary is located at the boundary of the Mistletoe Heights and Berkeley Place neighborhoods. Lily B. is widely regarded as a great school and a treasured neighborhood institution.

When this school opened in February 1922, it was known as the Mistletoe Heights School and consisted of what is now the southwest corner of the building. Shortly thereafter, it was renamed in honor of Lily B. Clayton, a Latin teacher at the old Central High School, later Paschal High School.

In 1936-38, the 2-story wings along the front (south) and east elevations were added under the Public Works Administration. This expansion included six additional classrooms, a library, a kindergarten room with a fishpond, a cafeteria, and an auditorium. It was featured in Public Buildings: Architecture Under the Public Works Administration, 1933-39, a work that highlighted PWA projects throughout the nation.

In 2001-03, the building received a 2-story, 14-classroom addition on the rear and a new clay tile roof for the whole building.

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