Site of Coronal Institute
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vhasler
N 29° 52.957 W 097° 56.837
14R E 601654 N 3306244
Marker highlights a private school which ran at this site from 1868 until 1918.
Waymark Code: WMKFP9
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/08/2014
Views: 5
Located at 500 W. Hutchison above line-of-sight from the street level to the east of the concrete block building.
Marker Number: 10253
Marker Text:
Established 1868 by educator O. N. Hollingsworth. A private school, it was coeducational and offered military training to boys. So-named because it was a Coronal (crown) atop this hill. In 1870 the Rev. R. H. Belvin bought school, but sold it to the Methodist Church in 1876. First structure, of limestone, burned in 1890. A handsome, 3-story building soon replaced it. Hundreds of students attended institute, which helped pioneer education in southwest Texas. The Methodist Church closed school, 1918. It was sold, 1925, to San Marcos School District. (1969)
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