Troy in Pike County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)

Cowart Hall

Renovated 1993

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

1. Cowart Hall Marker

Inscription. Born in Henderson, Alabama in 1850, Fletcher Jackson Cowart began his working career as a public school teacher. He later served superintendencies for both the Pike County and the Troy City schools. He was editor of the Troy Messenger and a member of the Alabama Legislature. He came to Troy Normal School (now TSU) as Chair of Science, a position he held for twenty years until his retirement in 1919.

Board of Trustees
Jim Folsom, Jr., Governor
Wayne Teague, Ed.D.
Gerald O. Dial
Roy J. Gamble
C. J. Hartley
R. Douglas Hawkins, D.V.M.
Robert E. Kelly
Wallace D. Malone, Jr.
Linda M. Maynor
Richard S. Meador
Allen E. Owen, III
Jack Hawkins, Jr. Ph.D., Chancellor
McKee and Associates, Architecture
Whaley Construction Company, Inc., Construction Manager

Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Communications • Education • Government & Politics • Science & Medicine. A significant historical year for this entry is 1850.

Location. 31° 47.951′ N, 85° 57.35′ W. Marker is in Troy, Alabama, in Pike County. It is on University Avenue, on the right. Marker located on Cowart Hall on the

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campus of Troy University. Cowart Hall is located on the west side of the parking quad off University Avenue. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Troy AL 36081, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in the American South,

specifically in the Deep South,

in the Black Belt,

and in the Wiregrass.

Globally, it is in North America,

a Gulf of Mexico state,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: A different marker also named Cowart Hall (a few steps from this marker); McCall Hall (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Shackelford Hall (about 300 feet away); Pace Hall (about 400 feet away); “The Thinker” (about 400 feet away); Troy University (about 500 feet away); Bibb Graves Hall (about 500 feet away); John Robert Lewis Hall (about 500 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Troy.

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

2. Cowart Hall Marker

Fletcher Jackson Cowart Hall image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Tim & Renda Carr, December 11, 2010

3. Fletcher Jackson Cowart Hall

Credits. This page was last revised on November 2, 2019. It was originally submitted on December 12, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,437 times since then and 25 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 12, 2010, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.