[3] The school building was said to be "Borrowing a style of architecture from the Spanish of colonial times, the structure was two and a half stories high, the first of brick, the others of frame.

"[4] The school was operated by Methodists, spiritual culture was emphasized over training for a profession.

The curriculum included chemistry, biology, natural and moral philosophy, botany and Latin, among other subjects.

With a nod toward women's role as homemakers, girls were taught 'such parts of chemistry as are applicable to domestic and culinary purpose'...Students began their school day at sunrise, and it concluded with an evening prayer at 8:00 p.m.[7]The school closed in 1845,[8] due in part to the relocation of the state capital from Natchez to Jackson, the general shift in the center of population, and several epidemics of yellow fever in the area.

[5] A parking area with interpretive signs and a path to the ruins is located at mile marker 4.1 on the Natchez Trace Parkway.