- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- The Female College historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Newton County
Women's colleges--Georgia--Covington - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Newton County, Covington, 33.59678, -83.86018
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Located in the park on College Avenue between Oak Street and Davis Street, Covington
Text of marker: "The Female College 1833-1889. This private institution, although undergoing several trusteeships and name changes, continuously functioned as an exclusive female school for over 50 years. It attracted students from southern states as well as local young ladies. Out of town students boarded with Covington residents. In 1863, the college having been closed during the war served as a Confederate hospital. Union forces partially destroyed the building. Reopened in 1867, it remained a female college until 1889 when the newly formed Covington City School Commission acquired the property. There was a gradual merging of the Female College, the Male Academy, as well as other Covington scholars. Thus the Covington Public School System was formed. Placed By Landmark Committee Newton County Historical Site 16 May 22, 1996" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_the-female-college
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_the-female-college
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
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