- Collection:
- Georgia Historical Markers
- Title:
- Mercer University historical marker
- Creator:
- Seibert, David, 1941-2020
- Date of Original:
- 1996/2014
- Subject:
- Historical markers--Georgia--Bibb County
Universities and colleges--Georgia--Macon - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bibb County, Macon, 32.84069, -83.6324
- Medium:
- photographs
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- Location: Coleman and College Streets, Macon
Text of marker: "MERCER UNIVERSITY. Founded in Penfield, Georgia, January 14, 1833, as Mercer Institute, Mercer University, the "oldest child" of the Georgia Baptist Convention, has been the chief source of Baptist ministerial and lay leaders through the years. Among the many notable Baptists who established this institution, three stand out: Josiah Penfield, whose legacy launched the movement; Jesse Mercer, who nurtured and supported the project; Billington M. Sanders, who, which Cynthia Holiday Sanders (Old Miss), fostered it through the first seven years. Mercer was one of the few colleges in the South that remained open during the War Between the States and the only one for men in Georgia. It was moved to Macon in 1871. 011-18 GEORGIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION 1959" - External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_ghm_mercer-university
- Digital Object URL:
- http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ghm_mercer-university
- Language:
- eng
- Rights Holder:
- Copyright held by David Seibert. Please contact markers@davidseibert.com about commercial reproduction and use
- Holding Institution:
- Digital Library of Georgia
- Rights:
-
