Front Entrance from Elm Street (1900)

ID: 861 ~ Source: Image courtesy of the Texas Collection, Baylor University ~ Creator: Fred R. Gildersleeve
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In the early years of the college's existence, money was tight. Expanding the campus was done through efforts such as the "Ten Cents a Brick" campaign which asked community members to donate their spare pennies to the college's improvement fund.

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By Brandice Nelson
Paul Quinn College is the oldest historically black college in Texas. Though it is no longer located in Waco, it remains an important part of the city’s history as the “Athens on the Brazos.” In 1872…