Details for Lon Morris College
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5073006848
Data
| Marker Number | 6848 |
| Atlas Number | 5073006848 |
| Marker Title | Lon Morris College |
| Index Entry | Lon Morris College |
| Address | 800 College Ave. |
| City | Jacksonville |
| County | Cherokee |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 284760 |
| UTM Northing | 3537477 |
| Subject Codes | Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; educational topics |
| Marker Year | 1971 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | No |
| Marker Location | 800 College Ave. at campus of Methodist Junior College |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Oldest junior college in Texas. Founded in Kilgore by Dr. Isaac Alexander, pioneer educator. In 1875 it became property of the East Texas (now the Texas) Conference of the Methodist Church. It was moved to Jacksonville in 1894. A junior college since 1912, renamed Alexander College (1916), it was retitled in 1924 to honor Pittsburg (Tex.) banker R. A.(Lon) Morris. First junior college in Texas with a Phi Theta Kappa scholarship fraternity; Also member Southern Association of Colleges longer than any other junior college in the state. |