List of memorials to John Tyler
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This is a list of memorials to John Tyler, the tenth president of the United States.
Some places and institutions previously named for Tyler have been renamed due to Tyler's having been a slaveholder and a legislator for the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The new names are indicated in the lists below.
Places
Sculptures
- John Tyler Memorial (1915), by Raymond Averill Porter, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia[1]
Schools
- John Tyler Community College, Chester, Virginia—renamed Brightpoint Community College[2]
- John Tyler High School, Tyler, Texas—renamed Tyler High School[3]
- John Tyler Elementary School, Hampton, Virginia—renamed Mary S. Peake Elementary School[4]
- John Tyler Elementary School, Portsmouth, Virginia—renamed Waterview Elementary School[5]
- John Tyler Elementary School, Washington, DC—renamed Shirley Chisolm Elementary School
Buildings
- Tyler Hall (named for both John Tyler and his son Lyon Gardiner Tyler) at the College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Virginia—renamed Chancellors' Hall[6]
Streets
- Tyler Street, Chicago, Illinois—renamed Congress Street in 1872[7]
- John Tyler Drive, Chester, Virginia—planned to be renamed Brightpoint Drive[8]