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Creation Date
12-29-2011
Building Name
Andrew College Marker
Description
Andrew College Marker, Cuthbert GA
This historic marker is located on US 82 W in Cuthbert at the campus opposite Andrew Street. It was installed by the Georgia Historical Commission.
The marker reads as follows :
" Cuthbert is the site of Andrew College, founded here January 1854, named in honor of Bishop James O. Andrew whose refusal to free his Wife´s slaves separated the Northern and Southern Methodist Episcopal Churches (1844). First President - Augustus Alden, of Yale, a pioneer in Georgia for higher education.
The second college chartered to confer graduate degrees upon women. Served as a Confederate Hospital 1863-65.
The first women´s college in the South to include Physical Education in its curriculum (1867)
Today, a fully accredited Junior College, it has upheld throughout a century the highest principles of education, Christian womanhood."
Latitude, Longitude
31.77185833, -84.79531111
Recommended Citation
Taylor, George Lansing Jr., "Andrew College Marker, Cuthbert GA" (2011). George Lansing Taylor Collection Main Gallery. 5932.
https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/historical_architecture_main/5932
