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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.
Chappell Hill Female College is a historical marker in Chappell Hill, Washington County, dedicated in 1967. It is one of 155 historical markers documented in Washington County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 355 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 30.1409, -96.2528 near Chappell Hill. The nearest cataloged historic site is Chappell Hill Public School and Chappell Hill Female College Bell (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Chappell Hill College, Methodist Church, and Felder, E. King, House.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5477008321. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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