| Marker Number |
9071 |
| Atlas Number |
5157009071 |
| Marker Title |
Sugar Land Independent School District No. 17 |
| Index Entry |
Sugar Land Independent School District No. 17 |
| Address |
226 Lakeview Dr |
| City |
Sugar Land |
| County |
Fort Bend |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
245322 |
| UTM Northing |
3280085 |
| Subject Codes |
educational topics |
| Marker Year |
1991 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
Wood St, between Lakeview and 2nd Street, within the Sugar Land Auditorium fence line |
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
A public school was established as early as 1912 for families moving to the company town of Sugar Land. In 1918, the State Legislature created Sugar Land Independent School District No. 17, with the requirement that at least two of the seven board members be women. Mary Anna Collins Woods served as the first school superintendent. Sugar company engineer M. R. Wood designed the school and served as school board president. In 1959 the district was merged with schools in Missouri City and Stafford to form the Fort Bend Independent School District. |
