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Texas Christian University

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Waco, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 31° 31' 12.56107000008", -97° 9' 1.18416999996"
 
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    A hundred people--faculty and students of Add-Ran Christian University (situated 1876-1895 at Thorp Spring)--reached Waco by train and marched 3 miles to this site on Christmas Eve 1895. By invitation, Add-Ran began to operate that day in unfinished building of Waco Female College, which had given up its charter after functioning since 1857. Add-Ran in 1902 became Texas Christian University. The Horned Frog began publication. School spirit was high, but on March 22, 1910, fire destroyed the school. Financial inducements caused T.C.U. to rebuild in Fort Worth.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Texas Christian University Historical Marker Location Map, Waco, Texas