The Southeast Alabama Agricultural School - Abbeville, AL
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N 31° 34.037 W 085° 15.120
16R E 665890 N 3493798
Located at the corner of West College and Trawick Street was the first school in Alabama to offer a free secondary education.
Waymark Code: WMK62P
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 02/18/2014
Views: 4
Marker Text:
This school and experiment station was created by Alabama Legislative Act No. 579, February 28, 1889. This was the first school in Alabama to offer free secondary education. SAAS was also the state's and Auburn’s first junior college. Probate Judge John B. Ward is known as the "father of the college". He lobbied for a two story brick building which finally was completed in 1898. The first 1889 classes were held at The Abbeville Academy until the main building was completed. Later, similar wooden structure schools were established in each congressional district.
Marker Name: The Southeast Alabama Agricultural School
Marker Type: Urban
Addtional Information::
Erected by the Historic Chattahoochee Commission and the Henry County Historical Society.
Date Dedicated / Placed: 1990
Marker Number: Not Listed
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