Historical MarkerLexington Schools
Lexington · Lee County · Dedicated 1972 · THC Atlas #5287008168
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Marker Inscription
First local school session was held in 1849 in log home of Capt. James Shaw (1808-79), founder of Lexington, then in Burleson (since 1874 in Lee) County. Andrew Neill Lodge No. 138, A.F. & A.M., to which Shaw and other patrons belonged, joined with newly-formed School District No. 9 in 1854 to build a 2-story schoolhouse-lodge hall a mile south of town. In 1860 the school became Lexington Male and Female Academy, using same hall. A frame schoolhouse (1892) and one of brick (1910) antedated the present plant that was begun in 1936 with high school building. (1972)
About this site
Lexington Schools is a historical marker in Lexington, Lee County, dedicated in 1972. It is one of 47 historical markers documented in Lee County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 110 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.4153, -97.0059 near Lexington. The nearest cataloged historic site is The First Baptist Church of Lexington (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include United Methodist Church of Lexington, Lexington, and Lexington Masonic Lodge No. 138.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5287008168. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
