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Montpelier Institute Historical Marker
- Montpelier Institute State Historical
Marker
- Located on Ga. 74 near the Bibb County line
(Text)
MONTPELIER INSTITUTE
Montpelier Institute, founded in
1842 by Stephen Elliott, Jr., First Episcopal Bishop of the diocese
of Georgia, was Georgia's second oldest school for girls. Col.
G.B. Lamar gave the land for the school including Montpelier
Springs, long noted as a health resort. Operated until 1856 as
a Female Institute with students from several states and prominent
teachers, its cutural influence was felt for many years. For
20 years, until 1876, Montpelier was a private school. When that
school closed the property was acquired by the Hart family of
Macon.
102-3 GEORGIA HISTORICAL
COMMISSION 1955
- [Note: Two Monroe County markers
are numbered 102-3. The other is the Monroe County marker at
the courthouse erected in 1956.]
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