Marion in Perry County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Marion Military Institute
Photographed By Mark Hilton, November 8, 2013
1. Marion Military Institute Marker
Inscription.
Marion Military Institute. . Founded in 1842 as Howard English and Classical School by the Alabama Baptist Convention, with Dr. S. S. Sherman as President, it later became Howard College. Lovelace Hall (Old South Barracks), built 1854, and the Chapel, built 1857, served the Confederacy as Breckenridge Military Hospital 1863-65 and along with the President's House, built 1912, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With the removal of Howard (now Samford University) to Birmingham in 1887, the remaining faculty and students under President J. T. Murfee reorganized as Marion Military Institute, a military preparatory school, junior college, and secondary school., The Institute is justly proud that Woodrow Wilson was the Government Day speaker in 1905; the ROTC program was established in 1916; the stained glass windows in the chapel were designed by James D'Aseenzo; and the Alabama Military Hall of Honor was established here in 1975.
Founded in 1842 as Howard English & Classical School by the Alabama Baptist Convention, with Dr. S. S. Sherman as President, it later became Howard College. Lovelace Hall (Old South Barracks), built 1854, and the Chapel, built 1857, served the Confederacy as Breckenridge Military Hospital 1863-65 and along with the President's House, built 1912, are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With the removal of Howard (now Samford University) to Birmingham in 1887, the remaining faculty and students under President J. T. Murfee reorganized as Marion Military Institute, a military preparatory school, junior college, and secondary school.
The Institute is justly proud that Woodrow Wilson was the Government Day speaker in 1905; the ROTC program was established in 1916; the stained glass windows in the chapel were designed by James D'Aseenzo; and the Alabama Military Hall of Honor was established here in 1975.
37.426′ N, 87° 19.102′ W. Marker is in Marion, Alabama, in Perry County. Marker is on Washington Street, 0.1 miles north of Grove Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1101 Washington Street, Marion AL 36756, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Served the Confederacy as Breckenridge Military Hospital,1863-65, was built in 1857, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photographed By Mark Hilton, April 28, 2018
4. Marion Military Institute - President's House
Was built in 1912, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Photographed By Mark Hilton, April 28, 2018
5. Marion Military Institute - Alabama Military Hall of Honor (Established 1975).
Located on Polk Street, the building which houses the honorary museum was built in 1832 as a law office for John Lockhart, the building was used until 1968 as the Marion City Hall. It was later moved to the campus of the Marion Military Institute where it has been restored and preserved. In 1988 it became the Alabama Military Hall of Honor, displaying portrait plaques of inductees and military artifacts.
Photographed By Mark Hilton, November 8, 2013
6. Marion Military Institute
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