Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama — The American South (East South Central)
Original Site of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
(now located at Normal, Alabama)
Photographed By Lee Hattabaugh, July 2, 2010
1. Original Site of Alabama A&M University Marker
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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 with sixty-one pupils and two teachers; held in rented buildings until moved 1891 to this site - the first school-owned property. Land-grant funds received 1891 for training of Negroes in agriculture and mechanic arts enabled school to enlarge and re-locate on present campus north of the city.
(Back) , Alabama A&M 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
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 with sixty-one pupils and two teachers; held in rented buildings until moved 1891 to this site - the first school-owned property. Land-grant funds received 1891 for training of Negroes in agriculture and mechanic arts enabled school to enlarge and re-locate on present campus north of the city.
(Back) Alabama A&M 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
35.427′ W. Marker is in Huntsville, Alabama, in Madison County. Marker is at the intersection of Clinton Avenue SE and Monroe Street SE, on the right when traveling east on Clinton Avenue SE. The site is now the home of the Von Braun Center, Huntsville's entertainment and convention complex. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Huntsville AL 35801, United States of America. Touch for directions.
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Photographed By Lee Hattabaugh, July 2, 2010
2. Original Site of Alabama A&M University Marker
Photographed By Lee Hattabaugh, July 2, 2010
3. Original Site of Alabama A&M University Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on May 9, 2021. It was originally submitted on July 2, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. This page has been viewed 1,950 times since then and 31 times this year. Last updated on July 15, 2015, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. Photos:1, 2, 3. submitted on July 2, 2010, by Lee Hattabaugh of Capshaw, Alabama. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.