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Site of Galveston Seminary

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19th St. at Winnie, Galveston, TX, USA

Latitude & Longitude: 29° 18' 12.24882", -94° 47' 18.731868"
 
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     Built by Reverend John McCullough in 1849. Patterned after private Presbyterian schools in historic Chester County, Pennsylvania, the institution was a landmark in pioneer Texas education. Eminently suited for the purpose, the school compound occupied this half-block, upon which the county jail now stands. After five years of successful operation, death and destitution from yellow fever epidemics which prostrated Galveston forced the seminary to close.

This page last updated: 7/15/2008

Site of Galveston Seminary Historical Marker Location Map, Texas