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COGGIN ACADEMY - McCLELLAND LIBRARY
THE OLDEST "EDUCATION BUILDING"
IN CONSTANT
USE IN TEXAS. BUILT BY MODIE
AND S. R. COGGIN,
IT WAS OPENED IN 1876 AS COGGIN ACADEMY.
IT BECAME DANIEL BAKER
COLLEGE IN 1889, BEING
USED FOR CLASSROOMS AND HOME FOR DR.
B. T.
McCLELLAND, FOUNDER OF DANIEL BAKER
COLLEGE.
DURING THIS BUILDING'S
EXISTENCE IT HAS SERVED
AS AN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL,
DORMITORY, SCIENCE HALL AND LIBRARY.
IT WAS McCLELLAND LIBRARY AT TIME OF
DBC AND HPC MERGER IN 1953.
RECORDED HISTORICAL LANDMARK - 1964
THIS PLAQUE BY DBC EX-STUDENTS
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