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
