Jasper Public Schools
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member scrambler390
N 30° 55.337 W 094° 00.528
15R E 403613 N 3421425
Markers gives history of a long gone Collegiate Institute located in Jasper.
Waymark Code: WM11A1B
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 09/14/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member QuesterMark
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Marker is located on the grounds of the current Jasper Junior High school. Has to be accessed from 2nd Street and is along the walk at main entrance.
Marker Number: 10455

Marker Text:

Jasper Collegiate Institute, first local center for higher leaning, opened 1851; partially tax-supported, coeducational. First president was noted East Texas educator Marcus Montrose, graduate, Edinburgh University.

After losses caused by Civil War (1861-1865), it was succeeded 1878 by Southeast Texas Male and Female College, which attained enviable status, and enjoyed the financial support of citizens of Jasper before closing in 1910.

College properties, including a new building erected 1900, were deeded to the elementary and high schools of Jasper.

(1968)


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