Historic Place

D. R. Glass Library at Texas College

Tyler · Smith County · Dedicated 2007 · THC Atlas #2007000128

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Marker Inscription

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About this site

D. R. Glass Library at Texas College is a historic place in Tyler, Smith County, dedicated in 2007. It is one of 17 historic places documented in Smith County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 272 historic sites cataloged across the county.

The site sits at 32.3737, -95.3125 near Tyler. The nearest cataloged historic site is Martin Hall at Texas College (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include President's House at Texas College, Pugh-Goss, and Cedar Street United Methodist Church.

This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2007000128. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

History

The D. R. Glass Library at Texas College was built in 1948 and designed by McKissack & McKissack, one of the oldest Black-founded and owned architecture firms in the United States. It serves Texas College, a historically Black college in Tyler founded in 1894 by ministers of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, and is named for former college president Dominion Robert Glass (1895-1968). The library was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on March 7, 2007.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org

📍 32.3737, -95.3125 · Tyler, Smith County

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