A Guide to the History of Richardson, Texas

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Historic Structures in or near Richardson

MOUNT VALE ACADEMY MEMORIAL

Old Skiles House
This replica well marks the site of one of the oldest schools in Richardson. Author photo.

The Mount Vale [not Montvale] Academy, one of the earliest schools in what is now Richardson, was built in 1871 on land donated by Robert Campbell, with money provided by Jacob Routh, James R. Aldridge, and "Messrs. Hugely, Alexander, Lively, and Lyle." It replaced an earlier school, made of logs, that Routh built in 1853. The site was not then within the city limits of Richardson, although it is now. In 1976, the Mount Vale Academy was remembered with a marker and commemorative well made of bricks from old Greenville Avenue.

Mount Vale 1976 Plaque

LOCATION: In Prairie Creek Park, on west side of E. Prairie Creek Parkway. (Google Maps

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