Water Rails & Oil - Historic Mid & South Jefferson County
An illustrated history of the Mid and South Jefferson County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
An illustrated history of the Mid and South Jefferson County area, paired with the histories of companies, families and organizations that make the region great.
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LAMAR STATE<br />
COLLEGE–<br />
PORT ARTHUR<br />
The warm breezes of the Gulf of Mexico and<br />
Sabine Lake gently ruffle the palm trees on the<br />
picturesque campus of Lamar State College-Port<br />
Arthur, which includes new modern<br />
multimillion dollar buildings, such as the<br />
Performing Arts Center and the Carl Parker<br />
Multipurpose Center, and unique historic<br />
buildings, such as the Ruby Fuller Education<br />
Building, built in 1915, and the Gates Memorial<br />
Library, built in 1917.<br />
The college was established in 1909 as Port<br />
Arthur Business College by John W. Gates, one<br />
of the founders of Texaco, to train people for the<br />
petrochemical industry, then in its infancy.<br />
The college became Port Arthur Collegiate<br />
Institute in 1911, when it was presented to the<br />
74 ✦ WATER, RAILS & OIL
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