Details for Old Close City School
Historical Marker — Atlas Number 5169003710
Data
Marker Number | 3710 |
Atlas Number | 5169003710 |
Marker Title | Old Close City School |
Index Entry | Close City School |
Address | |
City | Post |
County | Garza |
UTM Zone | 14 |
UTM Easting | 278256 |
UTM Northing | 3675168 |
Subject Codes | educational topics |
Marker Year | 1968 |
Recorded Texas Historic Landmark | Yes |
Marker Location | Close City Community Center, from Post, take US 380 about 5 miles W to FM 399 N, and follow FM 399 about 1 mile North; MARKER REPORTED MISSING 9/09. |
Private Property | No |
Marker Condition | Missing |
Marker Size | medallion & plate |
Marker Text | Built 1908 as a commissary school in colony of C. W. Post, cereal magnate. Named for his son-in-law, E. B. Close. In 1910, moved to this site. Became a common school district, 1916; independent district, 1918. First story was built 1919; second, 1921. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1968. |