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Rock Prairie School and Church

College Station, Brazos County

Marker Text

German immigrant Adam Royder (d. 1894) donated one acre of land here for school purposes in 1891. A one-room schoolhouse was constructed where area students received instruction through the seventh grade. The Rock Prairie Missionary Baptist Church was organized in the schoolhouse in 1900, and church services were subsequently held there, as well. The Rock Prairie School was discontinued in 1919 after it was consolidated with the nearby Shiloh School, but the schoolhouse continued to serve area Baptists as a house of worship.

Marker Details

Address 2405 Old Rock Prairie Rd
Location Description
Marker # 8692
Dedicated 1991
Size, Type 18" x 28"
Code educational topics; German immigrants/immigration; churches
Latitude, Longitude 30.583999, -96.281581

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