Butler College (Texas)
| Butler College | |
|---|---|
Butler College (c. 1910) | |
| Location | |
| Coordinates | 32°20′24″N 95°19′19″W / 32.339988°N 95.321961°W |
| Information | |
| Former names | East Texas Normal and Industrial Academy, East Texas Baptist Academy |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Baptist |
| Established | 1905 |
| Founder | Cornelius Moses Butler |
| Closed | 1972 |
| Affiliation | East Texas Baptist Association Texas Baptist Conference |
Butler College (1905–1972) was an American co-educational black school in Tyler, Texas. It started as a combined elementary and high school, it became a junior college by 1924, and by 1951 it was a senior college before reverting back to a junior college in 1960. Butler College closed in 1972, after an enrollment decline. A historical plaque for Butler College (marker 15480) was erected near 1900 Bellwood Road by Texas Historical Commission in 2008.