1911 - Navasota High School, Navasota, TX
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member jhuoni
N 30° 23.469 W 096° 05.071
14R E 780142 N 3365736
This "orphaned" cornerstone resides in front of the Navasota ISD Administation Buildig.
Waymark Code: WMVJJA
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/25/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member saopaulo1
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The first Navasota School Board meeting of record was held in May, 1899.

The first Navasota school building, the Atcheson School, was located on Washington Avenue across from the present day medical center; the only remaining remnants of this building are the entrance steps.

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What the author of the exerpt above failed to mention was that the cornerstone still exists.

There is damage to the upper edges making some of the names impossible to read
Year of construction: 1911

Full inscription:
Erected A.D. 1911 Waller & Field Architects Ft. Worth J.M. Brown & Co. Builders Houston TRUSTEES ?.D. Franklow - Pres Chas (illegible) Jessee Youens - Sec R.N. (illegible) L.M. Lindy W.B. We (illegible) F.W. Crutchfield ---------------- E.A. Scott - Mayor Larry Jacobs Ed F. Blackshear - City Sec H.H. Knox Ewing Norwood – Treas Ward Templeman C.M. Spann - City Atty E.H. Terrell H.N. Bissell G.S. Wilkerson C.P .Spann A.V. Cuthrell


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