Details for Site of Old Taylor School

Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5019004862

Data

Marker Number 4862
Atlas Number 5019004862
Marker Title Site of Old Taylor School
Index Entry
Address
City Vanderpool
County Bandera
UTM Zone 14
UTM Easting 447581
UTM Northing 3280585
Subject Codes schools; educational topics
Marker Year 1967
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark No
Marker Location FM 187, W side, 0.3 mi. N of West Sabinal Road, between Vanderpool and Utopia.
Private Property No
Marker Condition In Situ
Marker Size 18" x 28"
Marker Text Founded 1883, named for Henry Taylor. He, Gid Thompson and other early settlers gave land and founded school. First trustees were D. Harper, H. Kennedy, H. Taylor. In the first one-room frame building, desks and recitation benches were home made. After it burned, two more were built before consolidation with Utopia, 1937. Miss Sue Harper, Frank Robinson, and "Miss Mattie" Noel listed among outstanding teachers. This was community center; weekly Literary Society, Sunday school, church met here. This marker given by and in memory of former pupils. (1967)

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