Details for Clifton Lutheran College
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5035004756
Data
Marker Number | 4756 |
Atlas Number | 5035004756 |
Marker Title | Clifton Lutheran College |
Index Entry | Clifton Lutheran College |
Address | |
City | Clifton |
County | Bosque |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 633761 |
UTM Northing | 3516108 |
Subject Codes | educational topics; Lutheran denomination; Norweigan settlement |
Marker Year | 1975 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
Marker Location | at Bosque Memorial Museum, Avenue Q south and West 9th Street, Clifton |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | In Situ |
Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
Marker Text | Organized May 6, 1896. Located on land donated by N. J. Nelson and T. T. Hogevold. The first building, erected with voluntary donations and labor, opened as high school October 28, 1897; after 1923 housed artifacts collection of Jacob Olson, early Norwegian settler. Under the direction of Dr. Carl Tyssen, president, college courses were offered in 1922; accredited as a two-year college in 1924. High school was discontinued in 1938. College merged with Texas Lutheran College, Seguin, in 1954. Two buildings formerly used by the college remain on the site. (1975) |