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
  • The college school bell is now mounted in front of the Lampasas Fire Department. Apparently, no one used if for target practice back in the city’s early days. It is not bullet scarred. JEFF JACKSON | COURTESY PHOTO
    The college school bell is now mounted in front of the Lampasas Fire Department. Apparently, no one used if for target practice back in the city’s early days. It is not bullet scarred. JEFF JACKSON | 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…

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