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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXUN_formation-of-the-george-c-marshall-space-flight-center_Huntsville-AL.html
On September 8, 1960, President Dwight Eisenhower formally dedicated the George C. Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, as a new field installation of the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA) organization that had re…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTYJ_five-points-historic-district_Huntsville-AL.html
Part of the 1892 East Huntsville Addition created by local businessmen to revitalize Huntsville and attract industry in the post-Reconstruction period. Many streets recall those individuals - Pratt, Wellman, Ward, and Wells. Huntsville's first sub…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTGE_harris-hill-cemetery_Huntsville-AL.html
Harris Hill Cemetery is located Sec. 17, T3, and R1E, on the south side of Highway 72 East at the intersection of Moores Mill Road and Highway 72 East in a large clump of trees on a small rise. This is the old home place and family graveyard of Fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSZZ_saint-marys-church-of-the-visitation_Huntsville-AL.html
Missionaries served Catholics in Huntsville until 1861, when Father Jeremiah F. Trecy was sent by Bishop John Quinlan to organize this parish. Cornerstone for the building was laid in October 1861. Due to the Civil War the church was not completed…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMSWJ_original-site-of-lakeside-united-methodist-church_Huntsville-AL.html
Marker Front:The Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church purchased this property in 1866, and the congregation erected a frame building with a brick basement in 1867. The Rev. Howell Echols was the first pastor. In 1886, a brick build…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQMR_original-site-of-alabama-agricultural-and-mechanical-university_Huntsville-AL.html
(Front) Original site of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (now located at Normal, Alabama) Legislature approved 9 December 1873 "a normal school for the education of colored teachers" in Huntsville. Ex-slave William Hooper Council…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQL9_shiloh-united-methodist-church_Huntsville-AL.html
In October, 1808, the Western Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church sent James Gwinn, a circuit rider, to the "great bend" of the Tennessee River to formalize existing Methodist Societies. He organized the Flint Circuit to serve frontier se…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQL6_william-hooper-councill_Huntsville-AL.html
"...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. Born…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQL4_councill-training-school_Huntsville-AL.html
Side AIn 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…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQL3_alabama-a-m-university-former-names-alabama-agricultural-and-mechanical-university_Huntsville-AL.html
Alabama A&M University former names1873 - Colored Normal School at Huntsville1885 - The Huntsville State Colored Normal and Industrial School1896 - The State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes1919 - The State Agricultural and mechanic…
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