Blackwell School Visit Guide

Blackwell School National Historic Site

Best primary window for Blackwell School: February, with March and April as strong shoulder months.

Written by prejudice rather than law, the story of the Blackwell School is one of “separate but equal” education for Mexican and Mexican American citizens of Marfa, Texas. Built in 1909, the school serves as a significant example of how racism and cultural disparity dominated education and social systems in the United States during this period of de facto segregation from 1889-1965.

This page identifies Blackwell School National Historic Site from the checked-in NPS snapshot and the dated source cards on the page.

Targeted Impressions Data TeamData Science & Intelligence

materializedData snapshot: October 27, 20264 source cards

Answer-first planning signal

Best current use

Blackwell School National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot.

Current signal

Blackwell School National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in TX in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/blsc/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Visitor takeaway

Hours, access, and visitor guidance for Blackwell School National Historic Site are on the official NPS page at https://www.nps.gov/blsc/index.htm.

What it sounds like

Blackwell School audio on this page is a labeled modeled cue, not a field recording.

Summary at a glance

Blackwell School National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in the checked-in NPS identity snapshot. 4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Designation

National Historic Site

Data snapshot

October 27, 2026

4 source cards

Official NPS

BLSC

Region

desert southwest

Core Experiences

hispanic-american-heritagelatino-american-heritageschools-and-educationsocial-movementscivil-rights

Month-by-month

Blackwell School National Historic Site is a National Historic Site. Hours, access, and visitor guidance are on the official NPS page at https://www.nps.gov/blsc/index.htm.

Official page

The NPS page for Blackwell School National Historic Site: https://www.nps.gov/blsc/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Source cards

4 source cards on this page. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Designation

Blackwell School National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in TX.

Getting there

Official access details for Blackwell School are on the NPS page.

The Blackwell School is located in west Texas in the community of Marfa at the junction of US 90 and US 67 highways.

SERPRadio Origin Research

Place instrument

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Season and now

Twelve-month planning is modeled from the published seasonal profile. The current hand stays unavailable until sourced alerts, hours, events, roads, and weather are fresh.

Current hand: Not available

Three listening lanes

Official NPS audio: Not provided for this snapshot.

Synthetic browser audio, never a field recording or live observation.

Jamcorder: Shared station.

Text equivalent for the seasonal place clock
Month	Visitability	Crowd pressure
January	66	24
February	69	30
March	69	58
April	68	68
May	65	54
June	57	28
July	50	22
August	46	26
September	55	42
October	63	72
November	67	66
December	68	38

The cue is a browser-generated composition, not a field recording. How NPS Sounds modeled audio works.

Methodology

This page uses the checked-in NPS identity snapshot for Blackwell School National Historic Site, the 4 source cards below, and the figures listed above. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026. Read the NPS Sounds methodology and about NPS Sounds for how pages are assembled.

Data snapshot: October 27, 2026
Source cards: 4

Data Behind This Reading

Source provenance

NPS identity

high

Blackwell School National Historic Site is identified as National Historic Site with NPS code blsc.

Available · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Official operations

limited

Official alerts should be verified on the NPS page. This site uses a checked-in snapshot, not a live operations feed.

From the data snapshot · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Weather and seasonality

limited

Blackwell School National Historic Site is listed as a National Historic Site in the NPS snapshot. Official NPS page: https://www.nps.gov/blsc/index.htm. Data snapshot: October 27, 2026.

Modeled · Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

How this page is assembled

limited

place page source cards come from the data snapshot October 27, 2026.

Data snapshot: October 27, 2026

Source

Where Blackwell School National Historic Site fits

State, region, and designation hubs that list this place.

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