Charlotte Female Institute

An advertisement for the Charlotte Female Institute The Institute was founded in 1857 on College Street in uptown. In 1891 it became known as the Seminary for Girls until 1896 when the name was changed to the Presbyterian College for Women. The campus relocated to its present location in Myers Park and was renamed Queens College in 1912 before finally settling on Queens University of Charlotte in 2002. Advertised as "A Boarding and Day School for Young Ladies," the Institute offered courses on subjects such as philosophy, chemistry, and oil painting. Reverend Robert Burwell served as the first principal of the institution. The Reverend's eldest son, John Bott Burwell took the assistant principal postion at the Institute in 1859. This advertisement lists the names of "Officers and Instructors" as well as available courses and their "expense[s] per term of twenty weeks," and is signed "Rev. R Burwell & Son."