{"nrhp_refnum":"75000602","name":"Montpelier Female Institute","other_names":[],"category":"building","location":{"address":"W of Macon","address_restricted":false,"city":"Macon","county":"Monroe County","state":"GA","lat":32.86994486300003,"lon":-83.88340759708097,"geom_source":"nps_gis"},"listed_date":"1975-10-10","is_nhl":false,"nhl_designated_date":null,"areas_of_significance":["Education","Architecture"],"significance_levels":["local"],"summary":{"what_it_is":"A former Episcopal female college site in rural Monroe County, Georgia, about 17 miles west of Macon, centered on a Greek temple form chapel built c. 1843 and including ruins and a few surviving outbuildings on a wooded tract with mineral springs.","why_significant":"The nomination argues the site is architecturally significant, especially for the Greek temple form of the chapel, and for the remnants of other 19th century structures. It also holds that Montpelier Springs, as a health resort, school and college, played a leading role in the history of Middle Georgia.","narrative":"Montpelier Female Institute occupies a wooded tract in rural Monroe County, Georgia, about 17 miles west of Macon. The land, dotted with mineral springs, first served as a health resort called Montpelier Springs. In 1840 it was conveyed to the Episcopal Church of Georgia, and under Bishop Stephen Elliott a girls' school began operating in 1842. It later became Montpelier Female Institute, with room for 86 students by 1849. The school faced debt, a fire in 1854 that destroyed smaller buildings, and yellow fever, and trustees voted to close it in December 1855. What remains is a chapel of about 1843, a Greek temple form frame building with four Doric columns and a rare cross-shaped vent in the pediment. Also surviving are a ruined four-room brick piano building, the ruins of Chase Hall and the Bishop's house, and slave cabin ruins. A c. 1930 house stands on the foundations of Lamar Hall.","period_of_significance":null,"architect_builder":"Unknown","architectural_style":"Greek temple form (chapel)","criteria":[],"status_note":"Listed as private and unoccupied; the chapel is the best preserved extant structure, while Chase Hall and the Bishop's house are in ruins and a four-room brick piano building has a fallen roof.","vacant_flag":null,"machine_generated":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","prompt_version":"v1.0-2026-10-29","generated_at":"2026-10-29 02:55:41.141965-05","source_pdf":"https://s3.amazonaws.com/NARAprodstorage/lz/electronic-records/rg-079/NPS_GA/75000602.pdf"},"photo":null,"district":null,"sources":{"nps_snapshot_date":"2026-05-22","nara_catalog":"https://catalog.archives.gov/id/93209017","wikipedia":null,"wikidata":null},"indexable":true,"url":"https://nationalhistoricalregister.com/georgia/monroe-county/montpelier-female-institute-75000602/"}