Denham Springs Collegiate Institute

Denham Springs Collegiate Institute
Location
Denham Springs, La, Livingston Parish, United States
Coordinates	30°29′23″N 90°57′37″W / 30.489634°N 90.9603794°W / 30.489634; -90.9603794
Information
Type	Boarding
Founded	1895
Founder	Denham Springs Citizens
Closed	1908

The Denham Springs Collegiate Institute, was founded by a group of Denham Springs residents in 1895.^[1] The structures were a large meeting hall and a smaller wooden framed building. It had a four year curriculum. The school was located on the site of the existing First Presbyterian Church on N. College Dr.^[1]

In 1908, the board gave the school buildings and its property to the Denham Springs public school system. Shortly thereafter, a two-story brick building was erected on the same site. This was the beginning of Denham Springs High School.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} The members of the Livingston Parish American Revolution Bicentennial Committee in cooperation with the Livingston Parish Police Jury and the Louisiana American Revolution Bicentennial Commission (1976). The Free State - A History and Place-Names Study of Livingston Parish. http://www.livingstonparish.com/ds_history.htm. 

External links

• MAP
• 360 degree photo of area near original site
• Southeastern Louisiana University, Carter Plantation collection has copies of Annual Catalogue, 1897-98, (2 copies)