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

Inscription. Click to hear the inscription.

Site of Sylva
Collegiate Institute
A Baptist Christian
school for boys and girls
1898 — 1932

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Churches & Religion • Education. 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. Marker 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.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 5 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Gertrude Dills McKee (approx. ¼ mile 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); Site of First Jackson County North Carolina Courts (approx. 2.4 miles away); Rutherford Trace (approx. 3.7 miles away); Lewis J. Smith (approx. 5 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sylva.

Also see . . . Baptist boarding school once thrived in Sylva

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. 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 140 times since then and 39 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on December 5, 2021, by Duane and Tracy Marsteller of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.