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Marker No: 3959

Aluminum 18 x 28 Subject Marker

Geographic: 29.452271, - 98.540916

Location: 2811 West Ashley Place, San Antonio 

Marker Text: ​Erected as a two-story home in 1890. This structure was the original building of Peacock School for Boys, founded in 1894 by Wesley Peacock 91865-1941). Military training was initiated in 1900. Chartered in 1904, it became a distinguished school with high academic standards. Peacock's two sons, Wesley, Jr., and Donald, took charge in 1926 of the Peacock Military Academy. A fire in 1931 on the second floor of the house prompted major remodeling. After educating 15,000 students, the 20-acre facility was deeded in 1973 to the Salvation Army to be known as "Peacock Center".  (1979)