Historical Marker
Chappell Hill Female College Bell
Historical marker location:
Chappell Hill, Texas
( Church St. in front of Public School, Chappell Hill.)
Chappell Hill Male and Female Institute (founded 1850) pioneered in higher learning in Texas. Under Methodist Church after 1854. Women's branch was chartered separately, 1856.
Rebuilt after a fire in 1871; this bell, cast 1873, is only relic of the old college, closed in 1912.