Alabama Presbyterian College was a college in Anniston, Alabama affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. It was founded in 1905, opened in 1906 and continued until 1918 when it became a preparatory school. It was renamed Anniston University School in 1922 and closed in 1923.[1] The school was taken over by Alabama Military Institute.
The college site was on an 11-acre parcel of land at Eighth Street and Leighton Avenue. The college became coeducational in 1917.[1]
The college had a football team (List of defunct college football teams) and baseball team.
The SS John Stagg was a tanker-type Liberty ship named after John Stagg (1864–1915), who was president of Alabama Presbyterian College for Men.
Alumni edit
- Lamar Jeffers, U.S. Representative
- Oliver Carmichael, chancellor of Vanderbilt University from 1937 to 1946 and president of the University of Alabama from 1953 to 1957
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b O'Dell, Kimberly (March 9, 2000). Anniston. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9780738506012 – via Google Books.