Left to Right:

     Peter Connolly

     Florence Mattison

     Frank Godsoe

     Earl Oldham

     Roy Kemp

     Martha Norris

     George Norris

                 Faculty of the Bible Baptist Seminary

The Fundamental Baptist Bible Institute which later became Bible Baptist Seminary began in the facilities of First Baptist Church in downtown Fort Worth in 1939.  After the death of founder J. Frank Norris in 1952, the seminary moved to a temporary location in the former Brantley Draughon Business School facilities in Fort Worth.  A year later the seminary lost its lease and began to look for a permanent location.  The Elmo White property was purchased on Highway 80 in Arlington, Texas.  A year later the property just east of the White property became vacant.  It was then discovered that the property formerly known as Top O' Hill Terrace was under foreclosure to the Lamar Life Insurance Company. 

This property  has gone from being a place to nourish the body . . . to one that nourished the soul.  Where playing cards, roulette wheels and dice tables once determined the destiny of fortunes, ministers and other church-related students are now trained and sent out into the world to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ.  Many of the historic structures from the days of Top O' Hill Terrace still remain.

	Dr. Earl K. Oldham President of Bible Baptist Seminary from 1953-1980.  He was instrumental in acquiring the Top O' Hill property for the seminary.