Wesley College Administration Building
Greenville, Hunt County, Texas
Marker Inscription
After its operation by North Texas Conference of the Methodist Church in Terrell (Tex.) in 1905-11, Wesley College moved here 1912. This administration building, erected 1914-15, burned in the 1920s but was rebuilt by the church and faithful laymen. Incise in base: Erected by Alumni and Ex-students Association.
Erected by Texas Historical Commission
The Story
After beginning under the North Texas Conference of the Methodist Church in Terrell, Wesley College moved to Greenville in 1912, and this administration building went up in 1914–15. When fire destroyed it in the 1920s, the church and its lay supporters rebuilt it. Its base bears the tribute of the Alumni and Ex-students Association.
Why it matters
The rebuilt hall testifies to the community devotion that sustained small Methodist colleges through hardship in early-twentieth-century Texas.
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