Marker Inscription
Education, Ethnic Heritage - Black
Historic Place
Robinson, Florence, Cottage
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About this site
Robinson, Florence, Cottage is a historic place in Hawkins, Wood County, dedicated in 2000. It is one of 2 historic places documented in Wood County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 32.5870, -95.1796 near Hawkins. The nearest cataloged historic site is Jarvis Christian College (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Jarvis Christian College, Liberty, and Haney.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #2000000453. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
The Florence Robinson Cottage stands on the campus of Jarvis Christian University near Hawkins, a historically Black institution in Wood County. Students and alumni built the Modern Movement-style cottage between 1939 and 1941, and it first served as the residence of the college's second president, Peter C. Washington. It was later renamed for former instructor Florence Robinson, who funded its 1976 restoration as the Alumni Heritage House, and it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
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