Texas Historical Marker

Pritchett Normal Institute

Gilmer · Upshur County · placed 1967 · Recorded Texas Historic Landmark

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Upshur County, Texas

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Started as preparatory institute in 1901 by Albert, R. W. and J. P.

Maberry, aided by Ben Wiliams and W. W. Sanders.

Trained teachers. Also had public school courses, with pupils from far away as Panhandle of Texas. Added a building in 1908.

Plant was sold, 1915, to public school system. Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, 1967

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