Chalmers Institute, Holly Springs

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The Chalmers Institute is a historic building in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. Built in 1837, it was home to the University of Holly Springs, the oldest university in Mississippi, from 1838 to 1839. It was home to a short-lived Methodist medical and law school from 1839 to 1843. It reopened as the Chalmers Institute, a Presbyterian boys' school, from 1850 to 1878, when a yellow fever epidemic closed down the school. It became home to the Holly Springs Normal Institute in 1879, but closed down a few years later. In the twentieth century, it became a private residence. It has been listed by the National Register of Historic Places for its historic significance since 1982. ()

Built: 1837 (187 years ago)Coordinates: 34°46'1"N, 89°27'25"W

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Holly Springs United States

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Chalmers Institute – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Graceland Too, Hillcrest Cemetery, Rust College, Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum.

0.7 miE
Museum
Graceland Too, Holly Springs
18 min walk • Graceland Too was a tourist attraction and shrine dedicated to American singer Elvis Presley. It was located in Holly Springs, Mississippi, forty miles south of the original Graceland, to which it had no affiliation.
0.7 miSE
Cemetery
Hillcrest Cemetery, Holly Springs
18 min walk • Hillcrest Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States. Established in 1837, it is known as the "Little Arlington of the South." It contains the burials of five Confederate generals.
0.8 miNE
Universities and schools
Rust College, Holly Springs
22 min walk • Rust College is a private historically black college in Holly Springs, Mississippi. Founded in 1866, it is the second-oldest private college in the state.
0.8 miNE
34°46'18"N • 89°26'42"W
Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum, Holly Springs
20 min walk • History museum, Museum
1.2 miE
Greek Revival architecture
Wakefield, Holly Springs
31 min walk • Wakefield is a historic mansion in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA.
~680 ftE
Greek Revival architecture, Gothic Revival architecture
Walter Place, Holly Springs
4 min walk • Walter Place is a historic mansion in Holly Springs, Mississippi, United States. Built in 1860 for pro-Union Harvey Washington Walter, the President of the Mississippi Central Railroad.
~1890 ftE
Greek Revival architecture
Dunvegan, Holly Springs
10 min walk • Dunvegan, a.k.a. Norfleet-Cochran House is a historic "English Basement" cottage in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. It was built in 1845 for Jesse P. Norfleet, a cabinetmaker from Virginia who married the daughter of a prosperous Mississippi planter. Norfleet eventually became a planter and local business owner.
0.8 miNE
Greek Revival architecture
Bolling–Gatewood House, Holly Springs
20 min walk • The Bolling–Gatewood House is a historic cottage in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA. It is home to the Ida B. Wells-Barnett Museum, named for former slave, journalist, and suffragist Ida B. Wells.
1 miNE
Greek Revival architecture
Oakleigh, Holly Springs
25 min walk • Oakleigh is a historic mansion in Holly Springs, Mississippi, USA.

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Which popular attractions are close to Chalmers Institute?

Nearby attractions include Walter Place, Holly Springs (4 min walk), Dunvegan, Holly Springs (10 min walk), Graceland Too, Holly Springs (18 min walk), Hillcrest Cemetery, Holly Springs (18 min walk).