Amite Female Seminary

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Amite Female Seminary
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A surviving building from the school
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LocationMS 569, Liberty, Mississippi
Coordinates 31°09′37″N90°48′20″W / 31.16028°N 90.80556°W / 31.16028; -90.80556 (Amite Female Seminary)
Arealess than one acre
Built1853
Architectural style Greek Revival, Federal, Adamesque
NRHP reference No. 80002200 [1]
Added to NRHPApril 17, 1980
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The Amite Female Seminary was a seminary in Liberty, Mississippi in Amite County. One building survives and is a Mississippi Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The seminary, founded in 1853, was burned by Union troops in 1863 but its music building survived [2] and is now a museum. [3] Amite Female Seminary was founded in 1853 by Rev. Milton S. Shirk. [4] It taught music, literature, history, mathematics, "modern" languages, philosophy, science and physical education. It closed during the American Civil War and burned. [5] Its board was appointed by the Mississippi Baptist Association. [6]

William Cecil Duncan spoke at the school July 7, 1858. [7] American journalist and poet Pearl Rivers attended the school. [8]

The historic integrity of the building was reduced somewhat by repairs done during 1979, but it was still accepted for listing on the National Register in 1980. [3] [9]

Its National Register nomination stated:

The building retains its two major architectural features--the Greek Revival double gallery on the front facade and the stepped-gable roof parapet on the rear elevation. The stepped gable is an especially interesting Adamesque detail associated also with two residences in Amite County constructed in the same 10-year period: the Talbert-Cassels House and the Winston Wilkinson House. [9]

Subsequently to that writing, those two houses were also National Register-listed, the former in 1980 and the latter in 1984. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places . National Park Service. November 2, 2013.
  2. "Property". www.apps.mdah.ms.gov.
  3. 1 2 "Amite female seminary makes historic register". Clarion-Ledger. 3 October 1980. p. 15. Retrieved 17 June 2023. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. "The story of Liberty - Seat of Amite County". Sun Herald. 18 January 1962. p. 4. Retrieved 17 June 2023. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. "Amite Female Seminary". Read the Plaque.
  6. "Supplementary Educational Monographs". May 17, 1921 via Google Books.
  7. Duncan, William Cecil (May 17, 1858). "The Education of Woman: An Address Delivered on July 7, 1858 Before the Amite Female Seminary, Liberty, Miss". New Orleans Baptist Book and Publication Society via Google Books.
  8. "Pearl Rivers, Mississippi writer and poet of Times Picayune by Don Wicks". www.mswritersandmusicians.com. Retrieved 17 June 2023.
  9. 1 2 Jack A. Gold (January 1980). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory-Nomination: Amite Female Seminary / Little Red Schoolhouse". National Park Service . Retrieved April 29, 2023. With accompanying four photos from 1979