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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20PD_auburn-wwi-memorial-a-war-memorial_Auburn-AL.html
In memory of
The Auburn Men
who gave their lives
in the
World War
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM20PC_the-auburn-guards_Auburn-AL.html
On this spot February 16th 1861
The Auburn Guards
the first company to be thus honored
were reviewed by
Jefferson Davis
enroute to his inauguration as
President of the Confederacy
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1URF_the-crescent-historical_Auburn-AL.html
Front
The Crescent was an exclusive train of Southern Railway (SR) and Alabama affiliates, Western Railway of Alabama (WRA), Atlanta & West Point Railway (AWPR), and Louisville & Nashville Railway (LNR). Excepting SR, these lines provided pas…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PHV_desegregation-at-auburn_Auburn-AL.html
The first African American student entered the library to register at Auburn University at this site. Acting on a court order, Auburn president Ralph Brown Draughon accepted the application of Harold Franklin as the first African American student …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1LC5_the-bottle_Auburn-AL.html
Built in 1924 and billed as the "the world's largest bottle", The Bottle (also know as the "Twist Inn") was built by John F. Williams, owner of the Nehi Bottling Company in Opelika, Alabama. A wooden replica of a bright orange Nehi soda bottle, it…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJT_auburn-1865-present-the-loveliest-village_Auburn-AL.html
Side 1
Auburn
1865~Present
Only one house was built in the village in the decade after the Civil War, and though the state took over the bankrupt college in 1872, the institution received no state appropriation until 1883. Nevertheless, in 18…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1IJS_city-hall_Auburn-AL.html
Side 1
In 1846, Auburn's founder, Judge John J. Harper deeded the property on this corner to Simeon Perry, as town agent for two of the earliest public schools in Auburn. A member of the settlement party, Perry laid out the original boundaries of…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EXS_pine-hill-cemetery_Auburn-AL.html
(Side 1)Pine Hill was established in 1837 and is the oldest cemetery in Auburn. Judge John J. Harper, Auburn's founder, donated almost six acres to the new town to be used as a community burying ground for white settlers and their slaves. The orig…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EXG_max-adams-morris-max-adams-morris-drill-field_Auburn-AL.html
(Side 1)Max Adams Morris
Max Adams Morris b. December 7, 1918, of Blountsville, Alabama, entered Alabama Polytechnic Institute (API) in 1938, was a varsity football player and became a member of "A"club, Scabbard & Blade, and Blue Key honor soc…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1EXE_j-f-drake-high-school-alma-mater_Auburn-AL.html
(Side 1)J. F. Drake High SchoolJ.F. Drake High School, formerly Lee County Training School, educated Black children of the community from 1958 to 1970. It bears the name of Dr. Joseph Fanning Drake. Drake consisted of 12 classrooms, gymnasium, kit…