Site of Reynolds Presbyterian Academy
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Marker Text: Founded on counsel of the Reverend French McAfee; named in honor of a pioneer rancher, Barber Watkins Reynolds (d. 1882), the Reynolds Presbyterian Academy opened in 1898, with classes meeting in a vacant storehouse. A Richardsonian Romanesque-style building was finished and occupied 1899, and a dormitory added in 1907. Dramas, lectures, musicals drew patrons from a large region. In 1909, the school became a college; closed about 1915. Reynolds Presbyterian Orphanage used the plant in 1916-23. Site was sold and the fine masonry building razed in 1928. (1974)
Marker No: 4879
Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker
Geographic: 32.731014, -99.298233
Location: Trinity Churchyard, Avenue B, Albany
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