Site of Marshall Masonic Female Institute
School originated as Female Department of Marshall University, chartered Jan. 18, 1842, by Republic of Texas. Marshall Masonic Lodge No. 22 chartered the Female Institute as a separate school in 1850. Five lodge members (including city's most prominent men) were on institute's executive board. By 1853, there were fifty-three students and a faculty of five. Two who served longest of the school's five presidents were Dr. Thomas B. Wilson (1850-1858 and 1865-1870) and Dr. Charles B. Stuart (1874-1886).
32.5477° N, 94.3690° W
Nearby Markers
- <0.1 mi E Sam Houston's 1857 Campaign in Marshall Marshall
- <0.1 mi W Girlhood Home of Southern Beauty Lucy Holcombe Pickens Marshall
- 0.1 mi W Site of Temple Moses Montefiore Marshall
- 0.1 mi W First Presbyterian Church Marshall
- 0.1 mi N The Hockwald House Marshall
- 0.1 mi NE Site of The Confederate Hat Factory in Marshall, C.S.A. Marshall