| Marker Number |
6927 |
| Atlas Number |
5073006927 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Rusk College |
| Index Entry |
Rusk College, Site of |
| Address |
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| City |
Rusk |
| County |
Cherokee |
| UTM Zone |
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| UTM Easting |
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| UTM Northing |
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| Subject Codes |
educational topics; Baptist denomination |
| Marker Year |
1991 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
South Main Street, in front of city park in Rusk |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
After efforts to relocate a Methodist school to Rusk fell through, the community convinced the Cherokee Baptist Association to establish a school on 12.2 acres donated by local resident Georgiana Bonner. Chartered in 1894, the East Texas Baptist Institute was housed in a grand 3-story structure and offered classes from first grade through junior college. Renamed Rusk Academy of Industrial Arts in 1907 and Rusk College in 1919, the six-building campus was closed in 1928. In 1937 the main building was razed and its cornerstone later put on display at the First Baptist Church. |
