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Black plaque № 18144

Plainview, TX, United States

Three Miles Northeast to Site of Seth Ward College. Original buildings erected in 1906-07. The school opened September 18, 1907, as Central Plains College and Conservatory of Music, with Dr. L.L. Gladney as president. The Nazarene Church maintained the college until 1910, when it was purchased by th

e Methodist Church. Dr. Gladney remained president until 1911. After becoming a Methodist school, the institution changed its name to Seth Ward College in honor of Texas' first native Methodist bishop

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