FIRST - Girls School, Sunday School, and Library - Palestine, TX
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N 31° 45.981 W 095° 37.532
15R E 251338 N 3517538
Marker on a piece of a building that no longer exists gives us the location of these Firsts
Waymark Code: WMW50B
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 07/10/2017
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Text of plaque:
This building erected by the Masons in 1852 as the female department of the Masonic Institute was the First Girls School building in Palestine and was taught by Mrs. J.V.E. Covey. Here Joh Graham Cooch in January 1853 organized the first Sunday school and started the First free circulating library with books from his private collection. Marked in 1928.
Group that erected the marker: Unknown
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
706 N Perry St
Palestine, TX USA
75801
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: Not listed
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