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Brazos County Historic Markers

Use the page numbers at the bottom of the page to navigate the historical markers listed below. Click on the thumbnail images to see a larger size image, and click the title of each historic marker to see more information about it.

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African American Education in College Station

Date Added: 1996

Marker Text:

Formal education for African Americans in Brazos County began as a result of the Public School Act of 1871. Classes were held in many small community and church-related schools, and by 1923 there were 127 African American students in the A&M...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

Lincoln School History

African American Education in College Station Dedication

Special Directions/Instructions:

1000 Eleanor St., College Station.

GPS Coordinates: 30.599083, -96.330833

Alexander Cemetery

Date Added: 1974

Marker Text:

There was a schoolhouse near this site in 1854 when, according to tradition, the first interment was made here. That early grave, for a child by the name of Whitley, had no marker and has been lost. This land was part of a one-league headright...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

Alexander Cemetery Marker Dedication program

History of the Alexander Methodist Cemetery

Special Directions/Instructions:

From the intersection of SH 6 and FM 974 (North Bryan) take FM 974 north approximately 5.3 miles to Alexander Rd.; then NW on Alexander Rd. approximately .9 mile to Alexander Cemetery Rd., then on Cemetery Road approximately .1 mile to cemetery.

GPS Coordinates: 30.780778, -96.383972

Alexander Methodist Church

Date Added: 1968

Marker Text:

Organized in 1854 by Robert Alexander, Circuit Rider. First church built of hand-hewn logs in 1856 by early settlers, George Fullerton, Hugh Henry, Jim Walker, John Walker, E.W. Thompson and others. Ten acres of church land donated by Eliz...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

History of the Alexander Methodist Church

Special Directions/Instructions:

From the intersection of SH 6 and FM 974 (North Bryan) take FM 974 north approximately 5.3 miles to Alexander Rd., then NW on Alexander Rd. approximately .9 mile to Alexander Cemetery Rd., then on cemetery road approximately .1 mile.

GPS Coordinates: 30.781583, -96.384056

The Allen Academy

Date Added: 1978

Marker Text:

This school originated as Madison Academy, founded in 1886 in Madisonville by John Hodges Allen (1854-1920), an educator from Mississippi. When his brother Rivers O. Allen (1865-1925) joined him in 1896, the institution became Allen Academy, a...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

History of Allen Academy, Bryan, Texas

Allen AcademyMarker Dedication

Special Directions/Instructions:

At the corner of East 22nd St. and Ursuline Ave., Bryan

GPS Coordinates: 30.676139, -96.362778

A&M College Consolidated Rural School

Date Added: 1990

Marker Text:

The state of Texas granted a charter for an independent school district to encompass the Texas A&M College campus in 1909.

Narrative/Supportive Research:

A&M College Consolidated Rural School History

A&M College Rural School Marker Dedication

Special Directions/Instructions:

2100 block of Welsh Avenue (Welsh Avenue side of football stadium), College Station.

GPS Coordinates: 30.599083, -96.330833

Astin-Porter Home

Date Added: 1980

Marker Text:

Built for Onah (Ward) Astin (d. 1944), the wife of cotton planter James H. Astin (d. 1897), this house was designed by the Waco firm of Howard Messer and S. Wemyss Smith. Construction began in 1901 and was completed two years later. The exterior...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

History of the Astin-Porter House

Special Directions/Instructions:

600 East 29th St., Bryan.

GPS Coordinates: 30.670417, -96.368528

Old Bethel Cemetery

Date Added: 2008

Marker Text:

AREA PIONEER, MARY A. WILLIAMS, DONATED LAND FOR THIS BURIAL GROUND TO BETHEL CHURCH IN 1869. IT HAS SERVED RESIDENTS OF THE HARVEY COMMUNITY AND THE SURROUNDING AREA SINCE THAT TIME. THE CEMETERY IS NAMED OLD BETHEL BECAUSE OF ITS CLOSE...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

History of Old Bethel Cemetery

Special Directions/Instructions:

Located in the Harvey Community. From Bryan, go east on William J. Bryan Pkwy (FM 158). (The name of the road changes to Boonville Road on the east side of SH 6.) Go 6 miles to the intersection of FM 158 and Hwy 30 (Harvey Road). Continue east on Hwy 30 for .9 miles to Hardy Weedon Road. Turn left on Hardy Weedon Road and go .6 miles. The cemetery is on the left and enclosed by a chain link fence.

GPS Coordinates: 30.655280, -96.254840

Black Education in Bryan

Date Added: 1975

Marker Text:

On March 30, 1885, the City of Bryan purchased seven lots in this area as a site for a public school to provide separate but equal and impartial instruction for black children of the community, as prescribed by the Texas State Constitution of...

Narrative/Supportive Research:

Site of the Bryan Public School for Colored

Special Directions/Instructions:

Between Houston St. and Preston St. on East Pruitt St. (formerly East 20thSt.), in front of the Brazos Valley African American Museum, Bryan.

GPS Coordinates: 30.678889, -96.367500