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Site of Old Taylor School

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Utopia vicinity, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 39' 24.5988", -99° 32' 41.1972"
 
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    Founded 1883, named for Henry Taylor. He, Gid Thompson and other early settlers gave land and founded school. First trustees were D. Harper, H. Kennedy, H. Taylor. In the first one-room frame building, desks and recitation benches were home made. After it burned, two more were built before consolidation with Utopia, 1937. Miss Sue Harper, Frank Robinson, and Miss Mattie Noel listed among outstanding teachers. This was community center; weekly Literary Society, Sunday school, church met here. This marker given by and in memory of former pupils. (1967)

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of Old Taylor School Historical Marker Location Map, Utopia vicinity, Texas