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Historical Marker
McClelland Library
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About this site
McClelland Library is a historical marker in Brownwood, Brown County, dedicated in 1963. It is one of 54 historical markers documented in Brown County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 74 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 31.7108, -98.9771 near Brownwood. The nearest cataloged historic site is Daniel Baker College (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Dr. Mollie W. Armstrong, Malone, John Wesley, Home, and Brownwood Harvey House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5049003279. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The building marked as McClelland Library on the Howard Payne University campus in Brownwood is considered the oldest educational building in continuous use in Texas, opening in 1876 as Coggin Academy. It became Daniel Baker College in 1889 and over the years served as classroom, dormitory, science hall, and home to college founder Dr. B. T. McClelland. It was serving as the McClelland Library at the time Daniel Baker and Howard Payne colleges merged in 1953; the marker was placed in 1964.
Sources: hmdb.org
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