Original Site of Alabama A&M
N 34° 43.737 W 086° 35.426
16S E 537496 N 3843061
Alabama A&M started in 1873 as a school for black teachers.
Waymark Code: WM1PEC
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 06/16/2007
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A Two-Sided Sign located in Huntsville at the original site of the University.
Text from the Plaque:
Original site of
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
(Now located at Normal, Alabama)
Legislature approved 9 December 1873 "a normal school for the education of colored teachers" in Huntsville. Ex-slave William Hooper Councill founder and first president. Classes began May 1875 in a rented building; moved 1881 to first school-owned property on West Clinton Street. Land-grant funds received 1891 for training of Negroes in agriculture and mechanic arts enables school to enlarge and re-establish at present campus north of the city.
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Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
Former names
1873 - Colored Normal School at Huntsville
1885 - The Huntsville State Colored Normal and Industrial School
1896 - The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes
1919 - The State Agricultural and Mechanical Institute for Negroes
1948 - Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical College
1969 - University status achieved