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Site of Bastrop Military Institute

Bastrop, Bastrop County

Marker Text

A Methodist institution chartered January 24, 1852 as Bastrop Academy. Rechartered under the auspices of the Methodist Episcopal Church South in 1853. In 1856 became the Bastrop Military Institute.

Marker Details

Address
Location Description corner of Buttonwood and Church St.
Marker # 9156
Dedicated 1936
Size, Type 1936 Centennial - Subject Marker (gray granite)
Code Methodist (Methodist Episcopal and United Methodist) denomination; educational topics; military topics
Latitude, Longitude 30.111615, -97.322159

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