List of memorials to John Tyler

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

• Tyler, Texas
• Tyler County, Texas

Sculptures

• John Tyler Memorial (1915), by Raymond Averill Porter, Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

Schools

• John Tyler Community College, Chester, Virginia—renamed Brightpoint Community College
• John Tyler High School, Tyler, Texas—renamed Tyler High School
• John Tyler Elementary School, Hampton, Virginia—renamed Mary S. Peake Elementary School
• John Tyler Elementary School, Portsmouth, Virginia—renamed Waterview Elementary School
• 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

Streets

• Tyler Street, Chicago, Illinois—renamed Congress Street in 1872
• John Tyler Drive, Chester, Virginia—planned to be renamed Brightpoint Drive

See also

• Presidential memorials in the United States

References