Pine Apple in Wilcox County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Moore Academy
"A Great Adventure of the Mind"
Photographed by TRCP Alliance, September 25, 2011
1. Moore Academy Marker
Founded in 1882 by John Trotwood Moore, who became a famous author, archeologist, and poet laureate of the State of Tennessee, the original two-story wood frame building served the Pine Apple area from 1882 until the present brick structure was completed in 1923. The style is eclectic and typical of early-20th-century educational facilities with a T-shaped plan, central arched entrance, bracketed eaves, and decorative brickwork at each end of the facade. Moore Academy was widely acclaimed as one of the preeminent educational facilities in Alabama until its closing in 1989. The buildings and grounds were donated to the Moore Academy Alumni Association, Inc. in 1994, and restoration began in 1995. This marker is dedicated to those students, teachers, and administrators who have passed through these doors, and in the words of John Trotwood Moore, "To him that will, faith finds a pathway home."
Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage-June 30, 1995.
Erected 1996 by Alabama Historical Commission and by the Moore Academy Alumni Association, Inc.
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Location. 31° 52.026′ N, 86° 59.398′ W. Marker is in Pine Apple, Alabama, in Wilcox County. It is at the intersection of State Highway 10 and Adams Street on State Highway 10. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Pine Apple AL 36768, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American South, specifically in the Deep South, and in the Black Belt. 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 New Spain, 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 10 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Pine Apple Historic District (approx. half a mile away); Downtown Pine Apple (approx. half a mile away); a different marker also named Pine Apple Historic District
Photographed by TRCP Alliance, September 25, 2011
2. Moore Academy Marker next to Alabama Highway 10
Photographed by TRCP Alliance, September 25, 2011
3. Moore Academy
Photographed by TRCP Alliance, September 25, 2011
4. Backside of Moore Academy
Photographed by TRCP Alliance, September 25, 2011
5. Inside view of a Moore Academy classroom
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on September 29, 2011, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,294 times since then and 80 times this year. Photos: 1. submitted on September 29, 2011, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 4, 2011, by Timothy Carr of Birmingham, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
