Aten College building had many tales to tell

HISTORICAL FEATURE, PART TWO

The college building was a two-story limestone structure that stood southeast of the public square, near Sulphur Creek. COURTESY PHOTO
The college building was a two-story limestone structure that stood southeast of the public square, near Sulphur Creek. COURTESY PHOTO

EDITOR’S NOTE: Lampasas historian Jeff Jackson has researched a number of history topics. The following offers his research on the building that housed Aten College before the turn of the 20th century.

The Aten College building may or may not have been the scene of a shoot-up-thetown type of Christmas celebration in 1871 [see part 1, “Christmas Eve, 1871: stories told of a holiday with six-shooters…