Sylva in Jackson County, North Carolina — The American South (South Atlantic)
Sylva Collegiate Institute
Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, December 30, 2018
1. Sylva Collegiate Institute Marker
Collegiate Institute
A Baptist Christian
school for boys and girls
1898 1932
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Education • Religion & Religious Structures. A significant historical year for this entry is 1898.
Location. 35° 22.562′ N, 83° 13.329′ W. Marker is in Sylva, North Carolina, in Jackson County. It is at the intersection of Allen Street and Hampton Street, on the right when traveling north on Allen Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 13 Hampton St, Sylva NC 28779, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in North Carolina’s and he Mountains in the Golden Corner. It is also in the American South, specifically in the Upper South, in Appalachia, and specifically in Southern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the original Cherokee Nation, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the original Thirteen Colonies, one of the Confederate States of America,
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Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 2 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Original Sylva Train Depot (approx. 0.2 miles away); Gertrude Dills McKee (approx. Ό mile away); Dr. Delos Dexter Hooper House (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jackson County Veterans Memorial (approx. 0.3 miles away); To our Valiant Fathers (approx. 0.3 miles away); Jackson County War Monument (approx. 0.4 miles away); Dan K. Moore (approx. half a mile away); Indian Boundary (approx. 1½ miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sylva.
Also see . . . Baptist boarding school once thrived in Sylva. Sylva officials offered the Tuckaseigee Baptist Association $773, plus free use of an old school building, to place the academy in their town. By 1925, the college had grown to include a dozen classrooms and a 600-seat auditorium. (Lynn Hotaling, The Sylva Herald, posted May 24, 2017) (Submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.)
Warren LeMay via Flickr/Public domain, December 30, 2018
2. Sylva Collegiate Institute Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on December 5, 2021. It was originally submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee. This page has been viewed 535 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.
