Columbia in Adair County, Kentucky — The American South (East South Central)

Male and Female High School Site
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Student Parking in the 1850s

Male and Female School Site Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015

1. Male and Female School Site Marker

Inscription.
Male and Female High School Site The Columbia College Joint Stock Company formed in 1853 to build the M&F School. It was conveyed to trustees appointed by Transylvania Presbytery and opened in 1855. The building was a Union Camp during the Civil War. Classes resumed after the war. In 1908 a public grade and high school replaced the M&F School on the same site.
Sponsored by the City of Columbia

Student Parking in the 1850s This horse-mounting block is a survivor from many that were along this road and in the field beyond. Houses built in the early 1900s now occupy former pastures where horses grazed while their riders attended the M&F School on the hill. This subscription school provided both boys and girls a quality high school education.
Sponsored by the City of Columbia

Erected 2007 by Kentucky Historical Society and Kentucky Department of Highways. (Marker Number 2242.)

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Animals • Education • Religion & Religious Structures • War, US Civil. In addition, it is included in the Kentucky Historical Society series list. A significant historical year for this entry is 1853.

Location.

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37° 5.953′ N, 85° 18.457′ W. Marker is in Columbia, Kentucky, in Adair County. It is on East Guardian Street, on the right when traveling south. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 305 East Guardian Street, Columbia KY 42728, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Kentucky’s Pennyroyal Region.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture

and also the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Columbia-Union Presbyterian Church (approx. 0.2 miles away); Daniel Trabue (1760-1840) (approx. ¼ mile away); Confederate Raids (approx. ¼ mile away); Adair County Courthouse (approx. ¼ mile away); Adair County World War I Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Adair County Revolutionary War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Col. Frank L. Wolford (approx. ¼ mile away); Home of Sergeant Dakota Meyer (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Columbia.

Another marker is no longer nearby. County Named, 1801 (was approx. ¼ mile away but has been confirmed missing).

Also see . . . Explore Kentucky History on the Male and Female School. (Submitted on May 18, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama.)

Student Parking in the 1850s Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015

2. Student Parking in the 1850s Marker

Horse-mounting block in front of marker. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015

3. Horse-mounting block in front of marker.

View from marker down Guardian Street towards Hurt Street. image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Mark Hilton, May 8, 2015

4. View from marker down Guardian Street towards Hurt Street.

Male and Female High School Site / Student Parking in the 1850s Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Richard Hawkins, June 22, 2025

5. Male and Female High School Site / Student Parking in the 1850s Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 23, 2025. It was originally submitted on May 18, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. This page has been viewed 924 times since then and 32 times this year. Last updated on April 9, 2021, by Carl Gordon Moore Jr. of North East, Maryland. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on May 18, 2015, by Mark Hilton of Montgomery, Alabama. 5. submitted on June 22, 2025, by Richard Hawkins of Phelan, California. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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Male and Female High School Site
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Student Parking in the 1850s