Details for East Texas Normal College, Original Site of
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5119006935
Data
| Marker Number | 6935 |
| Atlas Number | 5119006935 |
| Marker Title | East Texas Normal College, Original Site of |
| Index Entry | East Texas Normal College |
| Address | 600 SE First St. |
| City | Cooper |
| County | Delta |
| UTM Zone | 15 |
| UTM Easting | 250015 |
| UTM Northing | 3695440 |
| Subject Codes | educational topics |
| Marker Year | 1967 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
| Marker Location | SE 1st St. |
| Private Property | No |
| Marker Condition | In Situ |
| Marker Size | 18" x 28" |
| Marker Text | Founded 1889 by W. L. Mayo (1861 - 1917), a teacher educated in Kentucky, Virginia and Indiana, who came to Pecan Gap, Texas in 1886. He was a native of Kentucky. He attracted a strong faculty to college on this site. A young teacher he soon married was a capable business manager. A high board fence enclosed campus here. The one building (T-shaped, 2-story, typical of its era, with porches upstairs and down), housed a dynamic school until razed by fire in 1894. Mayo was given aid to rebuild in Commerce; school survives as East Texas State University. RTHL - 1967 |