Site of Chappell Hill College

The college for girls began as a school for both sexes. The Handbook of Texas says it was nondenominational when chartered in 1852, with Elizabeth Knox in charge of the female department and a second building to keep boys and girls apart. Methodists bought it in 1854, and the girls' college got its own charter in 1856, with weight on music and art. It outlasted a war, two fires and fevers. In 1896 it took in seventy public school pupils, fifty of them boys. After it closed in 1912 the building served as a public school until 1926.

What the plaque says

Site of Chappell Hill College Established in 1852 by the Methodist Church as Chappel Hill Male and Female Institute. After Soule University for Boys was established in 1856, Chappel Hill College was a school for girls. Existed until 1912.

Where it stands

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More markers nearby

• Chappell Hill — 0.4 mi
• Site of Soule University for Boys — 0.5 mi
• Cedar Creek Community — 1.0 mi
• William Jones E. Heard — 1.0 mi