Rollins College
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Markerman62
N 28° 48.702 W 081° 16.084
17R E 473843 N 3187153
Recast marker in downtown Sanford commemorating the founding of Rollins College.
Waymark Code: WMK6N3
Location: Florida, United States
Date Posted: 02/20/2014
Views: 9
Florida's oldest institution of higher education
was on
28 April 1885
Incorporated, organized and named in the Lyman Bank Bldg.,
southwest corner of Park and First Streets here in
Sanford
by
Rev. E.P. Hooker D.D.
Rev. J.A. Tomlinson
Hon. F.W. Lyman
Rev. S.D. Smith
To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of this
significant event in the development of education in
Florida and to observe the semicentennial of the
founding of Rollins College this marker is placed here
28 April 1935
by the Sallie Harrison Chapter, Daughters of the
American Revolution and other citizens of Sanford
and Seminole County.
Marker Number: None
Date: April 28, 1935
County: Seminole
Marker Type: Roadside
Sponsored or placed by: Sallie Harrison Chapter Daughters of the Revolution and other citizens of Sanford and Seminole County
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