| Marker Number |
10193 |
| Atlas Number |
5203010193 |
| Marker Title |
Site of Marshall Masonic Female Institute |
| Index Entry |
Marshall Masonic Female Institute |
| Address |
N. Franklin and W. Burleson St. |
| City |
Marshall |
| County |
Harrison |
| UTM Zone |
15 |
| UTM Easting |
371371 |
| UTM Northing |
3601881 |
| Subject Codes |
fraternal organizations; educational topics; women, women's history topics |
| Marker Year |
1969 |
| Recorded Texas Historic Landmark |
No |
| Marker Location |
|
| Private Property |
No |
| Marker Condition |
In Situ |
| Marker Size |
18" x 28" |
| Marker Text |
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). |
