Join us from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, May 10, for a special open house at the historic Luckie School, one of Houston’s earliest schools for Black children. Tucked away on a quiet East End street, the 1918 building is rarely open to the public — and this is your chance to see it before work begins on its next chapter.
The Luckie School was established in 1909 and named for Charles W. Luckie, a prominent African-American educator who served on the Huntsville school board and taught English at Prairie View State Normal and Industrial College. It was one of the first schools in Houston named to honor a Black educator. After a fire destroyed the original building in 1917, the current facility at McKinney and Palmer was constructed in its place.
The school closed in 1956 and later housed an administrative facility for Houston ISD. In the decades that followed, it was privately owned and adapted for residential use before being purchased in 2021 by Houston artists Gonzo247 and Garrett Clayton. The pair plans to redevelop the building as a creative learning space, gallery and event venue, honoring the site’s legacy while creating a new community resource for students and artists.
Brief remarks on the building’s history and future will be shared around 10:30 a.m. This open house offers a unique opportunity to explore the historic schoolhouse and learn more about the vision for its next chapter.
This event is free and open to Preservation Houston members and their guests.