Columbus Female Seminary

Historical marker location:

632 Walnut Street, Columbus, Texas

( 632 Walnut, Columbus)

Marker installed: 1973

First organized school in Columbus. Founded Feb. 3, 1851, by Caledonia Lodge No. 68, A. F. & A. M.; housed on first floor of Lodge Hall at this site. Semenary taught literary subjects, music, art, for many years. Building was destroyed in Sept. 1909 Hurricane.

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