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On Meridian Street at Chase Road NE, on the right when traveling north on Meridian Street.
Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University
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 . . . — — Map (db m39760) HM
On Meridian Street, 0.2 miles north of Chase Road NE, on the left when traveling north.
In 1919, the first building was erected nearby with funds provided locally and supplemented with a Julius Rosenwald Foundation grant. Named for William H. Councill, Alabama A&M University founder, the three-room structure was built for black . . . — — Map (db m39761) HM
On Meridian Street at Parker Drive NW, on the right when traveling north on Meridian Street.
"...A tower of knowledge, of strength, of power ...Let us build..." Dr. William Hooper Councill served as President of Alabama A&M University and was the catalyst for its early development from its founding in 1875 until his death in 1909. . . . — — Map (db m39763) HM