Throwback Thursday - Marion Campus, 1870s

Photo courtesy of the Samford University Library Special Collection

This week we visit the site of Howard College's original campus in Marion, Alabama as it appeared in the 1870s.  The barracks, dining hall and chapel are visible in this photograph, which was donated to the library by Mrs. Sam Granade in September 1960.

Throwback Thursday - Marion Campus

Image courtesy of the Samford University Library Special Collection.

One of the earliest pictures we have of the old Howard College campus in Marion, Alabama.  There are two dates written in pencil on the back of the photograph: 1870 and 1907.  As the college relocated to the East Lake campus in 1887 we believe the first date is more accurate.