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Title	Columbia Female Institute
Genre	architecture
Material/Technique	photograph
Description	This black and white image of the corner of a large building shows a castellated tower covered with vines. A classical statue of a woman with bowed head wearing a long dress with draped folds stands in the yard in front of the building.
Historical note	The Columbia Female Institute was one of Tennessee's most important schools for young women in the antebellum period. It was founded in 1835 by prominent citizens of Columbia, including Episcopal Bishop of Tennessee James Hervey Otey and Reverend Leonidas Polk. One of its early headmasters, Reverend Franklin Gilette Smith, left the school in 1852 to found the rival Columbia Athenaeum. The Columbia Female Institute closed in 1862 due to the onset of the Civil War and is thought to have served for a time as a federal hospital during the war. It continued in operation until 1932.
Subject	Columbia Athenaeum; Columbia Female Institute; Women; Hospitals; Girls' schools; Otey, James Hervey, 1800-1863; Smith, Franklin Gillette, 1797-1866; Polk, Leonidas, 1806-1864
Theme	Holding Fast to Beauty
Story	Education of Young Women
Geographic Location	United States -- Tennessee -- Columbia
Time period	1860-1869
Type	Still image
Format	image/jp2
Contributing Institution	Maury County Archives
Archival file	shades11/shades_mca_0002.tif