Irvine in Estill County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Estill Seminary / Collegiate Institute

Photographed By Frank Profitt, March 20, 2021

1. Estill Seminary / Collegiate Institute Marker

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Estill Seminary This site approved for Jefferson Seminary by act of Ky. General Assembly in February 1798. Name was changed to Estill Seminary, February 3, 1816. Trustees given authority to sell half of unclaimed lands, granted for educational purposes, to erect buildings and purchase library. Seminary was built in 1830 and used until 1897.
Presented by Estill County Schools.
Collegiate Institute On site of Seminary, the Estill Collegiate Institute established in 1906 through cooperation of Presby. Synod of Ky. and Estill Seminary trustees: B.F. Jacobs, W.W. Park, L.A. West, Thomas Williams, and Hugh Riddell. Present structure, 1948, was Estill Co. High School; it became middle school, 1971.
Presented by Estill County Schools
to commemorate Ky. Bicentennial.

Erected 1992 by Kentucky Historical Society, Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 1922.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion

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• Education • Notable Buildings. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical month for this entry is February 1798.

Location. 37° 42.197′ N, 83° 58.552′ W. Marker is in Irvine, Kentucky, in Estill County. Marker is on Main Street (Kentucky Route 89) south of Orchard Avenue, on the right when traveling south. Now the Estill Board of Education building. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 253 Main Street, Irvine KY 40336, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 7 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Irvine (approx. 0.2 miles away); County Named, 1808 (approx. 0.2 miles away); Battle of Irvine (approx. ¼ mile away); Estill Springs (approx. 0.4 miles away); Lookout Mountain Hero (approx. ¾ mile away); Station Camp (approx. ¾ mile away); Red River Iron Works / Iron Made in Kentucky (approx. 6½ miles away); Fitchburg Furnace (approx. 7 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Irvine.

Collegiate Institute Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, July 13, 2019

2. Collegiate Institute Marker

View of Estill Seminary marker at old Seminary building. image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, July 13, 2019

3. View of Estill Seminary marker at old Seminary building.

Now the Estill County Schools building. image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, July 13, 2019

4. Now the Estill County Schools building.

View of marker looking south on Main Street (KY-89). image. Click for full size.

Photographed By Mark Hilton, July 13, 2019

5. View of marker looking south on Main Street (KY-89).

Credits. This page was last revised on March 22, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 17, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 199 times since then and 55 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on March 21, 2021, by Frank Profitt of Georgetown, Kentucky. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on July 17, 2019, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.