Decatur Baptist College
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N 33° 13.377 W 097° 35.202
14S E 631696 N 3676893
This marker tell the history of the state's oldest religious college.
Waymark Code: WM8NFF
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 04/23/2010
Views: 13
Marker Number: 1197
Index Entry: Decatur Baptist College
Address: Trinity St.
City: Decatur
County: Wise
Subject Codes: Baptist denomination; educational topics
Year Marker Erected: 1964
Marker Location: At south end of Trinity Street, Decatur
Marker Size: Medallion and Plate
Marker Number: 1197
Marker Text:
Decatur Baptist College, world's first institution to be planned (in 1898) as a junior college. This hall was built in 1892, for an earlier school.
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark - 1964
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