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. |