hope abandoned

 

I imagine that those parishioners who erected the Sandhill Church of Christ in 1924 had great hopes for their community.  The Depression took away much of that hope.  As the once-hopeful farmers moved away, the house of God became a house of tenants--until they also abandoned the place.

 

 

 

Sandhill, Texas

Floyd County

FM 378 and 784

 

open door to education

 

The first school in Sandhill was built in 1892 and schooling continued in the community until consolidation with Floydada in the 1950s. Today the school's portal and back wall are all that are left standing.  The post office closed in 1943; the store closed in 1984, but it appears the grain elevator business is still in operation.  The elevator, one occupied house with three dogs and an abandoned church are all that is left in Sandhill.

 

 



 

Sandhill, Texas

Floyd County

FM 378 and 874