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Bastrop Academy, later renamed Bastrop Military Institute, was located in
, visitbastrop.org not only for him and his family, but also for student boarders. Bastrop Academy was rechartered on February 7, 1853, under the jurisdiction of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Administrators built a two-story pine building for $15,000; it had separate male and female study halls and a library of 1,000 volumes. The enrollment was 132 for the first session and increased to 194 by 1857. The academy became one of the leading schools in Texas. In 1857, the male part of Bastrop Academy became Bastrop Military Institute, which trained young men for service during the
In 1892, the city sold the Academy property at 1402 Church Street to Dr. H.P. Luckett, a prominent citizen who had practiced medicine in the town for almost 50 years. Luckett demolished the existing structures, and built the H. P. Luckett House on the site."Site at 1402 Church St. was once home to top Texas school", '' The Bastrop Advertiser'', Nov 30, 2006, pp 3A-4A.Bastrop Academy
''Handbook of Texas Online'', accessed December 24, 2010 Historic Homes of Bastrop Walking Trail
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Bastrop, Texas
Bastrop () is a city and the county seat of Bastrop County, Texas, United States. The population was 9,688 according to the 2020 census. It is located about southeast of Austin and is part of the Greater Austin metropolitan area.
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In 1851, the citizens of Bastrop, in the form of the Bastrop Educational Society, founded the Bastrop Academy, and the school received its charter on January 24, 1852. Professor William J. Hancock of Aberdeen, Mississippi
Aberdeen is the county seat of Monroe County, Mississippi, United States. As of the 2010 census, the population was 5,612.
Located on the banks of the Tombigbee River, Aberdeen was one of the busiest Mississippi ports of the 19th century. Cotton ...
became the first headmaster
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at the Academy, and the Bastrop Female Academy was incorporated. On arrival, Hancock built what is now referred to as the Allen-Fowler House at 1404 Wilson Street,The Allen-Fowler House - 1404 Wilson Street, visitbastrop.org not only for him and his family, but also for student boarders. Bastrop Academy was rechartered on February 7, 1853, under the jurisdiction of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South. Administrators built a two-story pine building for $15,000; it had separate male and female study halls and a library of 1,000 volumes. The enrollment was 132 for the first session and increased to 194 by 1857. The academy became one of the leading schools in Texas. In 1857, the male part of Bastrop Academy became Bastrop Military Institute, which trained young men for service during the
Civil War
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. Colonel Robert Thomas Pritchard Allen replaced Hancock as headmaster and Allen and his wife Julia purchased Fowler House. They continued to board cadets that attended the Institute.
After the war, the Institute moved to Austin, and on May 25, 1872, the City of Bastrop purchased the property of the academy and it became a part of the Bastrop public school system. The city used the buildings for a variety of schools, until a public school system was established in 1892.
In 1876, the headmaster's residence and boarding house was sold to John Preston Fowler and Maud Maynard Fowler. They added Victorian detailing and a projecting bay window
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to the structure. Fowler became mayor
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of Bastrop, county attorney
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and a Texas state senator.
In 1892, the city sold the Academy property at 1402 Church Street to Dr. H.P. Luckett, a prominent citizen who had practiced medicine in the town for almost 50 years. Luckett demolished the existing structures, and built the H. P. Luckett House on the site."Site at 1402 Church St. was once home to top Texas school", '' The Bastrop Advertiser'', Nov 30, 2006, pp 3A-4A.Bastrop Academy''Handbook of Texas Online'', accessed December 24, 2010
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References
Further reading
*William Henry Korges, ''Bastrop County, Texas: Historical and Educational Development'' (M.A. thesis, University of Texas, 1933) *Bill Moore, ''Bastrop County, 1691–1900'' (Wichita Falls: Nortex, 1977) {{coord, 30.115, -97.322, type:landmark_region:US-TX, display=title Buildings and structures in Bastrop County, Texas Defunct schools in Texas