High School, First in Bay City

Bay City

Year Marker Erected: 1957
Location: 2400 Fourth Street; Bay City (Private marker)

Marker Text:
Site of the first high school in Bay City, Texas Jefferson Davis High School named by the E. S. Rugeley Chapter, United Daughters of the Confederacy. Front side: Bay City High School Dr. B.E. Simons D.P. Moore A.D. Hensley J.L. Gartrell Trustess G.B. Harris W.E. Harris W.S. Holman Left Side: Erected 1905 C.H. Page Jr., Architect; J.W. White and O.E. Hatchett, Builders