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)