Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
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N 32° 41.071 W 097° 20.708
14S E 655147 N 3617523
This marker stands on the corner of the Seminary property on the corner of W Seminary Drive and 8th Avenue in Fort Worth.
Waymark Code: WMAKDD
Location: Texas, United States
Date Posted: 01/24/2011
Views: 8
Marker erected by the State Historical Survey Committee
Texas Historical Commission Atlas data:
Index Entry: Southwest Baptist Theological Seminary
Address: Jame & W. Seminary St.
City: Fort Worth
County: Tarrant
Subject Codes: Baptist denomination; educational topics
Year Marker Erected: 1972
Designations: na
Marker Location: SW corner of James and W. Seminary, Fort Worth
Marker Size: 18" x 28"
Marker Number: 4991
Marker Text:
Chartered March 14, 1908, for graduate education in Christian ministries. Moved here in 1910 from Waco, Texas. Original 200-acre campus tract and first building, Fort Worth Hall, were gifts of people of Fort Worth.
Control passed from Baptist General Convention of Texas to Southern Baptist Convention in 1925.
First president (1908-14) was B.H. Carroll. Successors: L.R. Scarborough, 1914-42; E.D. Head, 1942-53; J. Howard Williams, 1953-58; Robert E. Naylor, 1958-. (1972)
Incised in lower left border:
Seminary Woman's Club
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