On Dekalb Street at Bibb Street, on the right when traveling east on Dekalb Street.
The first issue of The Alabama Baptist was published in Marion, Alabama. General Edwin D. King, a Judson trustee, offered his office for use in printing and distributing the paper from 1843-1852. The building was owned by Milo P. Jewett, . . . — — Map (db m70070) HM
On Pickens Street at Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north on Pickens Street.
On February 18, 1965, a night march was planned to support activist James Orange, incarcerated in the Perry County Jail. Preachers led participants from this church, Zion Chapel Methodist, the physical and spiritual base of the movement in Marion. . . . — — Map (db m116896) HM
On Washington Street (Alabama Route 286) north of Jefferson Street, on the right when traveling north.
This gun was cast at
Tuscaloosa, Ala. in the
early days of the Civil War.
It was intended for local
defense and was bought by
private subscriptions through
the efforts of Dr.
O. L. Shivers, Sr.
1861 –––– . . . — — Map (db m116912) HM
Near Clements Street, 0.1 miles east of Washington Street, on the left when traveling east.
During the War Between the States, Breckinridge Military Hospital was established at what is now Marion Military Institute. Soldiers who died were first buried behind MMI campus. After the war, Ladies Memorial Assoc. had remains exhumed and . . . — — Map (db m70105) HM
On Clay Street at Church Street, on the left when traveling west on Clay Street.
Organized in Lincoln School by freed slaves and representatives of the American Missionary Association, an auxiliary of the Congregational Churches of America. Wherever a school was operated by the A.M.A. a church soon followed. Religion and . . . — — Map (db m70087) HM
On Pickens Street at Green Street, on the right when traveling north on Pickens Street.
Jailed as a leader in the
struggle for voting rights
Perry County, Alabama
- 1965 -
"Hey Leader!"
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., INC.
Women's Organizational Movement for Equality Now
Evelyn G. Lowery, . . . — — Map (db m117076) HM
On Pickens Street near Green Street, on the right when traveling north.
– Pioneer Freedom Fighter
– Champion of
Voting Rights
– Bold advocate for
the poor
and oppressed
Presented by
SCLC/W.O.M.E.N., INC.
Women's Organizational Movement for Equality . . . — — Map (db m117077) HM
On Pickens Street at Jackson Street, on the right when traveling south on Pickens Street.
Jimmie Lee Jackson
Voting Rights Martyr
The death of Jimmie Lee Jackson, shot after police disrupted a peaceful nighttime demonstration in Marion, inspired the first attempted march from Selma to Montgomery that led to passage of the . . . — — Map (db m116893) HM
On Bibb Street at Early Street, on the right when traveling north on Bibb Street.
Founded 1838
Milo P. Jewett, President
Deeded in 1843 to
The Alabama Baptist Convention
One of the nation's first colleges to offer higher education for women, it has served, since its founding, as a liberal and fine arts . . . — — Map (db m70071) HM
On Lincoln Street at Lee Street, on the left when traveling west on Lincoln Street.
On July 17, 1867, nine ex-slaves (James Childs, Alexander H. Curtis, Nicholas Dale, John Freeman, David Harris, Thomas Lee, Nathan Levert, Ivey Pharish and Thomas Speed) formed and incorporated the “Lincoln School of Marion.” They soon . . . — — Map (db m70096) HM
On Jefferson Street at Pickens Street, on the right when traveling east on Jefferson Street.
County Seat of Perry County
Population 4457
Founded by Anderson West in 1822
Home of Judson College
and
Marion Military Institute
Friendly People Welcome You. — — Map (db m116895) HM
On Polk Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south.
Built in 1832 as a law office for John Lockhart; bought in 1880 by the Young Men's Christian Association, this being the first chapter south of the Mason-Dixon Line to own a building; Andrew Barry Moore Chapter of the U.D.C. organized here in 1903; . . . — — Map (db m116914) HM
On Washington Street, 0.1 miles north of Grove Street, on the left when traveling north.
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 . . . — — Map (db m70091) HM
On Polk Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south.
In memory of those who
served and those who died
so others might live free
killed in action
Killed in Action
George B. Lee Claude H. Cargile William O. Brantley, Jr. Robert W. Brunson Hugh M. Byrd, Jr. Joseph R. Mitchell . . . — — Map (db m116915) WM
On Polk Street south of College Street, on the right when traveling south.
Truth•Honor•Service
To commemorate
those alumni of
Marion Military Institute
whose lives were taken
in the Korean War
25 June 1950 – 27 July 1953
Bruce Beveridge, Jr.
Edward S. Guthrie
Frank B. Howze
William B. . . . — — Map (db m116913) WM
On Washington Street at Green Street, on the right when traveling north on Washington Street.
The site that became Marion was settled by Michael McElroy, traditionally known by his alias, Michael Muckle, around 1817. McElroy sold his property, which had become known as Muckle’s Ridge, to Anderson West in 1818. West and his wife moved into . . . — — Map (db m70089) HM
On Washington Street at Jackson Street, on the right when traveling north on Washington Street.
In honor of
Nicola Marschall
1829 - 1917
who designed at Marion Ala.
The “Stars And Bars”
first official flag adopted
by “The Confederate
States of America,” at
Montgomery Ala., March 4, 1861;
then raised over dome
of . . . — — Map (db m70100) HM
On Washington Street at Early Street, on the right when traveling south on Washington Street.
Siloam was Alabama's most influential and important Baptist congregation and one of the strongest denominational centers in the South during the mid-19th century. The pastor and laymen were leaders in the organization of The Alabama Baptist State . . . — — Map (db m70088) HM
Erected By
The Cadet Corps 1923-1924
Cadets
Jefferson Bryant Meharg
and
Lawrence Christopher Olsen
who lost their lives
in the burning of college barracks
March 17, 1924
"Greater love hath no man than this, . . . — — Map (db m116917) HM
Near Clements Street, 0.1 miles east of Washington Street, on the left when traveling east.
From October 24, 1855 through December 17, 1877, the Parish records of St. Wilfrid's Episcopal Church states that people of color, both slave and free, were buried here in St. Wilfrid's cemetery. — — Map (db m70067) HM
On West Monroe Street at Spring Street, on the left when traveling east on West Monroe Street.
One of the earliest colleges for women in America. Founded in 1835, was the first of four colleges established in Marion,“The Athens of Alabama.”
This building, erected in 1850, contained the art studio of Nicola Marschall, who . . . — — Map (db m70068) HM
