Huntingdon College

Huntingdon College, founded in 1854, is a coeducational liberal arts college in Montgomery, Alabama, USA. The college is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.

History

Huntingdon College was chartered on February 2, 1854 as Tuskegee Female College by the Alabama State Legislature and Governor John A. Winston. In 1872 the name was changed to Alabama Conference Female College as it was now under the auspices of the Alabama Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. A decision was made in the late 19th century to move the campus to a larger city. The college, renamed the Women's College of Alabama relocated in 1910 to a 58 acre (235,000 m²) parcel in the Cloverdale section of Montgomery. A campus plan was commissioned from the Olmsted Brothers amd several new buildings were constructed to complement the "collegiate Gothic" style of the main college building, Flowers Memorial Hall.

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February 2 - 1854 - Tuskegee - Alabama - John A. Winston - 1872 - Methodist Episcopal Church - 1910 - Olmsted Brothers

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The college admitted its first male student in 1934 and changed its name the next year to Huntingdon College in honor of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon, a notable supporter of Methodism.

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1934 - Selina, Countess of Huntingdon - Methodism

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