Marker Number |
1197 |
Atlas Number |
5497001197 |
Marker Title |
Decatur Baptist College |
Index Entry |
Decatur Baptist College |
Address |
Trinity St. |
City |
Decatur |
County |
Wise |
UTM Zone |
14 |
UTM Easting |
631671 |
UTM Northing |
3676881 |
Subject Codes |
Baptist denomination; educational topics |
Marker Year |
1964 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
Yes |
Marker Location |
At south end of Trinity Street, Decatur |
Private Property |
No |
Marker Condition |
In Situ |
Marker Size |
Medallion and Plate |
Marker Text |
Decatur Baptist College, world's first institution to be planned (in 1898) as a junior college. This hall was built in 1892, for an earlier school. |