Tuskegee Female College Site - Tuskegee, Alabama - Signs of History on Waymarking.com

There is a stone marker with a bronze plaque on it at the corner of South Main Street and West Price Street in Tuskegee, Alabama. It marks the site of the Tuskegee Female College, which was founded in 1854. The college was moved to Montgomery in 1909 and was renamed Huntingdon College in 1935. The marker was placed in 1954 to honor the centennial of the founding of the college.

According to a 1954 newspaper article, the marker was dedicated on October 24, 1954. It was placed at the location of the gates to the college, on the lawn of the parsonage for the Methodist Church near the site. The news account web site is noted below.

The text of the marker reads:

SITE OF THE
TUSKEGEE FEMALE COLLEGE
FOUNDED IN 1854
RENAMED IN 1872
ALABAMA CONFERENCE
FEMALE COLLEGE
MOVED TO MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, IN 1909
THEN NAMED
WOMANS COLLEGE OF ALABAMA
IT HAS BEEN KNOWN SINCE 1935 AS
HUNTINGDON COLLEGE

ERECTED BY THE
JOHN MASSEY ALUMNAE CHAPTER
AND THE
MACON COUNTY HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
1954

Group that erected the marker: John Massey Alumnae Chapter and the Macon County Historical Association URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link] Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary: South Main Street at West Price Street Tuskegee, AL USA 36083

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