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Kidd-Key College and Music Conservatory

 
 
Kidd-Key College and Music Conservatory Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Jeff Leichsenring, May 15, 2023
1. Kidd-Key College and Music Conservatory Marker
Inscription. Established in 1875 as North Texas Female College, a finishing school for young ladies, and operated by North Texas Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South.

Recharted 1919 as a junior college and music conservatory; renamed in memory of the famed educator, Mrs. Lucy Ann Kidd-Key, school president, 1888 to 1916.

Educational program emphasized music, literature and the fine arts. Through its many students and excellent faculty, Kidd-Key exerted strong cultural influence on the Sherman area as well as much of the nation.
 
Erected 1967 by State Historical Survey Committee. (Marker Number 7391.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, MusicChurches & ReligionEducationWomen.
 
Location. 33° 38.318′ N, 96° 36.78′ W. Marker is in Sherman, Texas, in Grayson County. Marker is at the intersection of North Elm Street and West Mulberry Street, on the left when traveling north on North Elm Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 400 N Elm Street, Sherman TX 75090, United States of America. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. First United Methodist Church of Sherman, Texas (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Sherman Little Theater
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(about 400 feet away); Site of Old Sherman Opera House (approx. 0.2 miles away); Site of Binkley Hotel (approx. 0.2 miles away); Federal Building (United States Courthouse) (approx. 0.2 miles away); Merchants and Planters National Bank (approx. 0.2 miles away); War Memorial (approx. ¼ mile away); Grayson County C.S.A. (approx. ¼ mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sherman.
 
Kidd-Key College and Music Conservatory Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By Jeff Leichsenring, May 15, 2023
2. Kidd-Key College and Music Conservatory Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on May 17, 2023. It was originally submitted on May 16, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. This page has been viewed 61 times since then and 15 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on May 16, 2023, by Jeff Leichsenring of Garland, Texas. • James Hulse was the editor who published this page.

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