The Administration Building, Decatur Baptist College, at 1602 S. Trinity St. in
Decatur, Texas, and overlooking the town, was built in 1893. It was listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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in 1971.
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It was a historic building of the ]Decatur Baptist College
Dallas Baptist University (DBU) is a Christian liberal arts university in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1898 as Decatur Baptist College, Dallas Baptist University currently operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Hurst.
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, which was founded in 1891 and which held classes during 1892–93 in an opera house space above a grocery store in Decatur. After the building was completed in 1893, it had 149 enrolled students and eight faculty in the 1893–94 school year. The college went bankrupt in 1896, and reorganized as Decatur Baptist Junior College, the first private junior college in the U.S. Much later it moved to Dallas in 1964 and became Dallas Baptist College
Dallas Baptist University (DBU) is a Christian liberal arts university in Dallas, Texas. Founded in 1898 as Decatur Baptist College, Dallas Baptist University currently operates campuses in Dallas, Plano, and Hurst.
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It is a three-story ]limestone
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building. It included 15 rooms and a chapel.
See also
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* Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks in Wise County
References
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University and college buildings on the National Register of Historic Places in Texas
School buildings completed in 1893
Wise County, Texas
National Register of Historic Places in Wise County, Texas
Recorded Texas Historic Landmarks
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