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The Amite Female Seminary was a seminary in Liberty, Mississippi in Amite County. One building survives and is a Mississippi Landmark listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The seminary, founded in 1853, was burned by Union troops in 1863 but its music building survived[1] and is now a museum.[2] Amite Female Seminary was founded in 1853 by Rev. Milton S. Shirk.[3] It taught music, literature, history, mathematics, "modern" languages, philosophy, science and physical education. It closed during the American Civil War and burned.[4] Its board was appointed by the Mississippi Baptist Association.[5]

William Cecil Duncan spoke at the school July 7, 1858.[6] American journalist and poet Pearl Rivers attended the school.[7]

The historic integrity of the building was reduced somewhat by repairs done during 1979, but it was still accepted for listing on the National Register in 1980.[2][8]

Its National Register nomination stated:

The building retains its two major architectural features--the Greek Revival double gallery on the front facade and the stepped-gable roof parapet on the rear elevation. The stepped gable is an especially interesting Adamesque detail associated also with two residences in Amite County constructed in the same 10-year period: the Talbert-Cassels House and the Winston Wilkinson House.[8]

Subsequently to that writing, those two houses were also National Register-listed, the former in 1980 and the latter in 1984.[9]

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