Historical Marker

Andrew College

U. S. 82W in Cuthbert at the campus opposite Andrew Street ยท Randolph

Georgia marker

Inscription

ANDREW COLLEGE. 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 educated, Christian womanhood.

GHM 120-5 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1953

Location

AddressU. S. 82W in Cuthbert at the campus opposite Andrew Street
CountyRandolph
StateGeorgia
Coordinates31.771270, -84.789370

Sources

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